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Credit Ratings and Bank Affiliation to Financial Holding Companies: Effects of Government Ownership and Financial Crisis

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  • Chung-Hua Shen
  • Jun-Guo Shi
  • Yu-Li Huang

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This study compares credit ratings between FHC affiliated banks and independent banks using Taiwan bank and FHC data. The results show banks that join Insurance- or Security-FHCs obtain better ratings than those that join Bank-FHCs. Second, banks that join FHCs with higher activity diversification can obtain better credit ratings. Third, joining government-owned FHCs enhances bank credit ratings and mitigates bank default risk compared to joining non-government-owned FHCs. Fourth, prior to the financial crisis, banks joining FHCs can obtain better credit ratings and reduce the cost of debt. However, during the financial crisis, rating agencies stopped regarding banks joining privately owned bank-based FHCs as risk diversification and assigning better credit ratings on this basis.

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  • Chung-Hua Shen & Jun-Guo Shi & Yu-Li Huang, 2017. "Credit Ratings and Bank Affiliation to Financial Holding Companies: Effects of Government Ownership and Financial Crisis," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(5), pages 1045-1071, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:53:y:2017:i:5:p:1045-1071
    DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2016.1255941
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    1. Wang, Hua & Wang, Wei & Alhaleh, Shadi Emad Areef, 2021. "Mixed ownership and financial investment: Evidence from Chinese state-owned enterprises," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 159-171.

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