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Still Overbanked and Unprofitable? Two Decades of German Banking
Koetter, Michael | Nestmann, Thorsten | Stolz, Stéphanie | Wedow, Michael
Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, Vol. 39 (2006), Iss. 4 : pp. 497–511
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Michael Koetter, Groningen
Thorsten Nestmann, Mainz
Stéphanie Stolz, Frankfurt/M.
Michael Wedow, Frankfurt/M.
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Abstract
We analyze by means of descriptive evidence the widely held claims that Germany is overbanked and that German banks perform badly in an international comparison. We find that, despite a major merger wave, Germany continues to be more densely bank-populated than France, Italy, and the US. Measured by costincome ratios, non-interest income, and return on assets, German bank performance deteriorated continuously, being particularly affected by the economic slowdown in the very beginning of this century. This relatively poor performance is not driven by one particular banking pillar alone. Instead, all pillars perform badly in international comparison. At the same time, however, Germany's threepillar system exhibits considerable heterogeneity with regard to market structure and performance not only across commercial, savings and cooperative banking sectors but also within each respective pillar. (JEL G21)