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The Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Hong Kong

In: The Banking Sector in Hong Kong

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  • Jim Wong
  • Tom Pak-Wing Fong
  • Eric Tak-Chuen Wong
  • Ka-Fai Choi

Abstract

In recent years, the cost efficiency of banks, along with scale and scope economies, has attracted much attention from both academics and policy makers. Given their special role in channelling funds from savers to investors, poor cost efficiency of banks would restrain the creation of credit, thus jeopardizing the level of economic performance. In addition, inefficiency would affect banks’ earnings, hampering their ability to withstand shocks. The cost efficiency of the US and European banking industries has been examined intensively.1 As for the banking sector in Hong Kong, the issue has only recently been studied by Kwan (2002, 2006) and Drake et al. (2006a, 2006b).

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  • Jim Wong & Tom Pak-Wing Fong & Eric Tak-Chuen Wong & Ka-Fai Choi, 2008. "The Cost Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Hong Kong," Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions, in: Hans Genberg & Cho-Hoi Hui (ed.), The Banking Sector in Hong Kong, chapter 1, pages 3-16, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:pmschp:978-0-230-22737-8_1
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230227378_1
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