Author

Wenjing XIE

Date of Award

2013

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Philosophy (MPHIL)

Department

Economics

First Advisor

Prof. Ping Lin

Second Advisor

Prof. Yifan Zhang

Abstract

The concept of “social capital” has received considerable attention these years. Yet, few studies have explored the connections between social capital and bank risk-taking. In this study, I discuss the theory of social capital and its relevance to financial market behavior, and then I analyze the relationship between social capital and bank risk-taking across countries. To measure social capital, I follow Knack and Keefer (1997) and use the data of trust and civic norms collected from the World Values Survey. My measure of bank risk-taking is the nature logarithm of Z-score of each bank. Empirical results show that bank risk-taking is lower in countries where social capital is higher. It is also shown that the impact of social capital is stronger when the level of education in the country is lower. This paper investigates the negative impact of social capital on non-performing loan as well.

Keywords

social capital, bank risk-taking, trust

Recommended Citation

Xie, W. (2013). The impact of social capital on bank risk-taking (Master's thesis, Lingnan University, Hong Kong). Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.14793/econ_etd.24

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