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The Locational Distribution of Foreign Banks in China: A Disaggregated Analysis

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Pages 733-754 | Received 01 Dec 2008, Published online: 15 Jun 2010
 

Abstract

He C. and Yeung G. The locational distribution of foreign banks in China: a disaggregated analysis, Regional Studies. This paper examines the location choices made by foreign banks of different organizational form and size in China. Results from the conditional logit models suggest smaller foreign banks tend to pursue the ‘follow-the-customer’ strategy, while larger banks are likely to use the ‘follow-the-competitor’ strategy in China. The agglomeration effect is more important than the first-mover cities as a determinant of the location choices make by foreign banks in China. This finding could be partially explained by the location-bounded institutional variables that are unable to be fully reconciled with the recent deregulation policies.

He C. et Yeung G. La distribution géographique des banques étrangères en Chine: une analyse désagrégée, Regional Studies. La présente étude cherche à analyser le choix d'emplacement des banques étrangères en Chine en fonction de leur structure organisationnelle et de leur taille différentes. Les résultats provenant des modèles logit conditionnels laissent supposer qu'en Chine les plus petites banques étrangères ont tendance à poursuivre la stratégie de ‘suivre le client’, alors que les plus grandes banques sont plus susceptibles d'adopter la stratégie de ‘suivre le concurrent’. L'effet d'agglomération s'avère plus important que ne l'est le phénomène du premier arrivé dans les grandes villes comme déterminant des choix d'emplacement des banques étrangères en Chine. Ce résultat pourrait, du moins en partie, s'expliquer par des variables institutionnelles qui sont délimitées géographiquement et qui ne peuvent pas être conciliées avec les politiques récentes de déréglementation.

Banques étrangères Choix d'emplacement Modèle logit conditionnel Chine

He C. und Yeung G. Verteilung der Standorte ausländischer Banken in China: eine disaggregierte Analyse, Regional Studies. In diesem Beitrag werden die Standortentscheidungen ausländischer Banken verschiedener Organisationsformen und Größen in China untersucht. Aus den Ergebnissen konditionaler Logit-Modelle geht hervor, dass kleinere ausländische Banken in China meist eine Strategie des „Dem-Kunden-Folgens“ wählen, während größere Banken meist auf eine Strategie des „Der-Konkurrenz-Folgens“ setzen. Der Agglomerationseffekt spielt als Determinant für die Standortentscheidungen ausländischer Banken in China eine größere Rolle als die Pionierstädte. Dieses Ergebnis lässt sich teilweise durch die standortgebundenen institutionellen Variablen erklären, die sich nicht vollständig mit den aktuellen Deregulationspolitiken in Einklang bringen lassen.

Ausländische Banken Standortentscheidungen Konditionales Logit-Modell China

He C. y Yeung G. La distribución de ubicación de los bancos extranjeros en China: un análisis desglosado, Regional Studies. En este artículo analizamos las decisiones de ubicación tomadas por bancos extranjeros de diferentes formas de organización y tamaños en China. Los resultados de los modelos logit condicionales indican que en China los bancos extranjeros más pequeños tienden a optar por la estrategia de ‘seguir al cliente’ mientras que los bancos más grandes tienden a usar la estrategia de ‘seguir a la competencia’. El efecto de aglomeración desempeña un papel más importante que el de las ciudades pioneras para determinar las decisiones de ubicación que realizan los bancos extranjeros en China. Estos resultados podrían explicarse en parte por las variables institucionales vinculadas a la ubicación que no pueden reconciliarse totalmente con las recientes políticas de desregulación.

Bancos extranjeros Decisiones de ubicación Modelo logit condicional China

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant Number 40871065). An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 22–27 March 2009. The authors are grateful for the constructive comments from the Editors and two anonymous referees on an earlier version of this paper. The authors are responsible for any omissions to the paper.

Notes

Dunning Citation(2002) highlighted the importance of social relational capital, such as the lack of crime and corruption, in the location decisions of transnational corporations. Relational assets are the willingness and capacity of persons within a firm to conduct beneficial relations on behalf of that firm, both with other persons within the firm and between themselves and persons in other institutions.

Due to adverse selection, customers with established banking relationships are likely to maintain such relationships with their banks.

This useful point was kindly pointed out by an anonymous reviewer, for which the authors are grateful.

Forward linkages are in the form of higher real income through banking jobs (so more bankers are attracted to work in the area), and backward linkages are locational advantages for banks offering an even larger potential market.

The authors are grateful for valuable advice on this point raised by one of the anonymous referees.

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