Research on the Ownership Structure and Market Value of Chinese Listed Commercial Banks

In recent years, the external Sino-US trade war has become increasingly fierce. Domestic Internet Finance has a strong impact on Chinese traditional Banking Industry, which has severely squeezed the business growth model of commercial banks with interest rate differentials, making the domestic financial industry increasingly competitive. The environment at home and abroad is becoming more and more complex, and the Chinese banking industry is facing a severe transformation crisis and challenge. This paper analyzes the market value of China’s listed commercial banks by arranging the data of China’s listed commercial banks, using descriptive analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis, then studies the relationship between ownership structure and market value of listed commercial banks in China from three aspects: ownership concentration check-and-balance of ownership and separation of ownership and control. It is concluded that the shareholding ratio of state-owned shares in China’s listed commercial banks should be reduced, and social capital should be introduced. At the same time, the state should seek more control chain to strengthen the control over Chinese listed commercial banks.

finance, China's financial industry faces severe transformational crisis and challenges. The external Sino-US trade war has become increasingly fierce, which increases the risk of loan for import-export trade and manufacturing. Domestic Internet Finance has a strong impact on Chinese traditional banking industry, which has severely squeezed the business growth model of commercial banks with interest rate differentials, making the domestic financial industry increasingly competitive. Internet finance diverts savings deposits from commercial Banks, squeezes intermediate business of commercial Banks and impacts loan business of commercial Banks. Zou Wei et al. [1] believed that internet finance, such as P2P, has a large impact on small and medium-sized commercial banks, and has squeeze effect on liquidity creation. They also think, on the one hand, the internet finance weakens the banks' market power and profitability and reduces liquidity creation. On the other hand, the competitiveness of internet finance impacts the traditional business of banks in terms of threshold, cost and information. Chen Xiaoming et al. [2] found that the stability of commercial banks is significantly affected by the impact of internet finance.
As a commercial bank that dominates the financial industry and operates special business, it is an urgent problem for commercial banks to maintain their competitive advantages and improve their risk management capabilities and business performance. He Meiling and Hong Zheng [3] argued that sound and effective corporate governance is the most fundamental and key core competitiveness of banks, and ownership structure is the foundation of corporate governance. This paper believes that optimizing the shareholding structure plays an important role in enhancing market value. And this paper studies the market value of Chinese listed commercial banks from the perspectives of equity concentration, equity balance, and separation of rights.

Shareholding Ratio of Large Shareholders, Ownership Concentration and Market Value
The influence of ownership concentration on corporate performance will be sig-  [6] found that state-owned banks in Western European countries will be subject to a greater degree of government intervention and protection during election years, and their business risks will also increase. Bertay et al. [7] argued that lending by state banks in high income countries is even countercyclical. Therefore, this paper holds that if the proportion of the largest shareholder of China's listed commercial bank is higher, the market value of the listed commercial bank will be relatively low. This is the first hypothesis of this article.
H1: If the proportion of the largest shareholder of China's listed commercial bank is higher, the market value of the listed commercial bank will be relatively low.
On the question of the effects of ownership structure on performance both concentration indices and control-type dummies have significant effects on a vector of performance indicators [8]. Shleifer and Vishny [9] said that equity concentration can weaken the phenomenon of "hitchhiking" of minority shareholders to prevent management from making self-interest behavior that harms the interests of shareholders, and reduce the agency cost between shareholders and management. Claessens and Djankov et al. [10] hold this view, too. If the shareholder's equity changes frequently, it will have an impact on the normal operation of the company, especially the long-term development strategy of the company. Generally, due to the relatively good profitability of commercial banks and the large amount of bank equity financing in China, the transfer of equity of major shareholders is relatively rare. If the shares held by the five shareholders holding the most shares in the listed commercial banks are relatively large, it means that the commercial banks as a whole are relatively stable and the corresponding market value is also high. Therefore, this paper holds that if the sum value of the top five shareholding ratios of a listed commercial bank is large, the market value of the listed commercial bank will be higher. This is the second hypothesis of this article.
H2: If the sum value of the top five shareholding ratios of a listed commercial bank is large, the market value of the listed commercial bank will be higher.

Check-and-Balance of Ownership and Market Value
Shleifer and Vishny [11] believed that major shareholders use their position of control to engage in the infringement of the interests of minority shareholders "tunneling" behavior, which resulted in conflicts of interest and increased agency costs between major shareholders and minority shareholders. Wang Xin and Han Baoshan [12] said that a moderately centralized ownership structure and checks and balances among several major shareholders are conducive to the improvement of corporate performance. Liu Haiyu and Sun Fuhua [13] found that there is lower significant positive correlation between controlling shareholder's shareholding ratio and enterprise performance when the controlling shareholder American Journal of Industrial and Business Management is a state-owned shareholder.
If a listed commercial bank has a higher shareholding ratio, the shareholder has the possibility to make a self-interest. If the largest shareholder of a listed commercial bank holds a higher proportion of shares, then there is the possibility that the shareholder will act in order to harm others. If the shareholding ratio of the largest shareholder of a listed commercial bank is not much different from the shareholding ratio of the second largest shareholder, the two can supervise each other. What's more, this relationship can help commercial banks to make more reasonable behaviors, for example, enhancing their position in the market, improving their market value. Therefore, this paper holds that if the value that the shareholding ratio of the largest shareholder divided by the shareholding ratio of the second largest shareholder is larger, the market value of the listed commercial bank will be lower. That is to say, the better balance among several major shareholders, the higher its market value. This is the third hypothesis of this article.
H3: If the result that the shareholding ratio of the largest shareholder divided by the shareholding ratio of the second largest shareholder is larger, the market value of the listed commercial bank will be lower.

The Separation of the Two Powers and Market Value
Studies on the influence of separation of two powers on enterprise value have drawn inconsistent conclusions. Some scholars think that separation of two powers is more likely to lead to hollowing out effect, while others think that separation of two powers is more likely to lead to support effect. Many studies found that the separation of two powers can lead to the actual controller tunneling the enterprise, and then lead to the reduction of enterprise value, such as Bae et al. [14], Liu Qigui and Gary [15], Wang Peng and Zhou Lian [16], Marchica and Mura [17]. However, Fama found that the separation of control and ownership helps maximize the market value of wealth [18]. And the latest study based on China's listed companies of Tian Lihui et al. [19] believed that separation of rights in the government-controlled enterprises can help prevent the oc- China are state-owned and most of them do not have professional knowledge to operate the banks, then the higher equity separation of enterprises will result in greater value. Therefore, this paper holds that if the degree of separation between control and ownership of a listed commercial bank is very high, its market value will be relatively high. This is the fourth hypothesis.
H4: If the degree of separation between control and ownership of a listed commercial bank is very high, its market value will be relatively high.

Selection of Samples
Since

Variable Selection and Definition
In this paper, the variables used are divided into three categories: explained variables, explanatory variables and control variables. The explanatory variable is a variable that describes the market value of commercial Banks. The explanatory variables of this paper are mainly used to represent the shareholding structure of listed commercial banks. This paper uses three variables, namely the ownership concentration ratio, the ratio of check-and-balance ownership and index of separation degree of ownership and control, to describe the ownership structure of listed commercial Banks. The control variables include the asset size and asset-liability ratio. All variables are described in detail below.

Explained Variable
Domestic and foreign scholars generally use an approximation of Tobin's Q [20] or the Market-to-Book Ratio (MBR) of a company's assets to evaluate the market performance of a company in the past. This paper uses MBR to measure the market performance of listed commercial banks for the reason that the information about MBR is easier to obtain.

Explanatory Variables
The explanatory variables of this paper are mainly used to represent the shareholding structure of listed commercial banks. 1) Ownership concentration ratio Here, the proportion of shares held by the large shareholders in the listed commercial banks is used as a measure of the ownership concentration of the listed commercial banks. In order to better describe the ownership concentration of the listed commercial banks, the S index was introduced during the research. The S index is the sum of the shareholding ratios of the second to fifth largest shareholders of listed commercial banks. R i represents the proportion of the shares of the listed major commercial banks held by the i-large shareholder.
The mathematical formula for the S index is:  The proportion of dividends that the actual controller can obtain from the listed commercial banks is expressed by ownership (C). The actual controller of the listed commercial bank is the product of the ownership ratio of its control chain.
If there is a consistent controller agreement, then this quantified value is the sum of the proportions of each concerted person. The quantitative calculation formula of the actual controller's ownership (C): V is the smallest holding ratio of the control chain in the listed commercial bank. As shown in Figure 1, the actual controller controls N company through a single control chain. The value of V, which the actual controller's control over N company, is equal to the minimum shareholding ratio in this chain. The quantitative calculation formula of actual controller's control right (V): X i is the controlling ratio that actual controller to company i. If the actual controller of the listed commercial bank controls more than one control chain of the listed commercial bank, then V is the sum of the minimum holding ratios in each control chain. The index VC is the ratio of the difference to V, while the difference equals to the difference between V and C. The specific control chain is subject to the annual report of the listed commercial bank.

Control Variables
Listed commercial banks will encounter various problems in their operations. At different stages, listed commercial banks will face different problems. In some cases, listed commercial banks will choose an expansionary development strategy. In some cases, listed commercial banks will choose a tightening development strategy. No matter which strategy is involved, one factor always mentioned is cash flow. As a listed commercial bank, you must first have a certain asset size.

1) Asset size
Since commercial banks operate currency and they act as intermediaries between fund providers and demanders, assets are especially important for commercial banks. The size of an asset directly determines the scale of its operations.
At the same time, the size of a commercial bank's assets determines its ability to conduct business and, to a certain extent, determines its share of the market. In addition, because commercial banks are in an important position in the financial system, their asset size also directly determines their ability to resist risks and the risk coefficient of operation. All in all, the size of a commercial bank's assets determines the market value to a certain extent.

2) Asset-liability ratio
Due to the commercial banks' important position in the financial system and the particularity of the operating currency, the control of risks is particularly important for commercial banks. In the management of modern commercial banks, assets and liabilities are not separately managed, but are linked, that is, asset-liability management. A reasonable capital structure, or the best asset-liability ratio, is very important for the operation of listed commercial banks.
If the listed commercial banks are at an optimal asset-liability ratio, it can create higher value for shareholders and markets.
All the above variables are shown in Table 2.

Research Analysis Method
The general model established in this paper is as follows:

Variable name indicator name description
The shareholding ratio of the largest shareholder CR Shareholding ratio of the largest shareholder of a listed commercial bank.

S index S
The sum of the shareholding ratio of the second to fifth largest shareholders of listed commercial banks.

Z index Z
The shareholding ratio of the largest shareholder of a listed commercial bank is divided by the shareholding ratio of the second largest shareholder. Asset-liability ratio DET Ratio of liabilities to assets.

Y. Ni
MBR represents the market value of the listed commercial banks. CR represents the shareholding ratio of the largest shareholder of a listed commercial bank. S represents the sum of the shareholding ratio of the second to fifth largest shareholders of listed commercial banks. This paper use CR and S to represent the ownership concentration ratio of a listed commercial bank. Z equals the shareholding ratio of the largest shareholder of a listed commercial bank is divided by the shareholding ratio of the second largest shareholder, and Z represents the ratio of check-and-balance ownership of a listed commercial bank. V represents the discourse power of the actual controller on the important matters in a listed commercial bank. C represents the actual controller can obtain the proportion of dividends from the listed commercial banks under his control. This paper use VC to represent the separation degree of ownership and control. SIZE and DET represent the control variables. α represents the intercept of model. i β represents the correlation coefficient of the variables. Table 3 mainly shows the description of the sample of CR, S index, Z index, VC, MBR, SIZE, and DET. As can be seen from Table 3, the Z index has a maximum kurtosis of 13.2325 compared to the other six indicators. And the Z index has the largest maximum difference from the mean. The standard deviation of some variables is less than their mean, such as CR, S, Z, MBR, DET, while the standard deviation of VC and SIZE is greater than their means. Relatively speaking, SIZE and Z fluctuation are relatively large. In general, CR, S, VC, MBR, and DET are relatively stable. Table 4 shows the correlation r values between CR, Z, VC, MBR, SIZE, DET, and S. Obviously, we can see that the r index of CR and MBR is −0.61, which means that there is a moderate negative correlation between the concentration of equity and the market value of commercial banks. That is to say, the shareholding ratio of the largest shareholder in a listed commercial banks higher, the lower of its market value. The r value between Z and MBR is −0.42, which means that there is a weak negative correlation between the company's checks and balances and the market value. Similarly, if Z of a listed commercial bank is higher, its market value is lower. The r value between VC and MBR is 0.68, which means that there is a moderate positive correlation between the separation degree of two rights and the market value of commercial banks. In the case of other factors unchanged, we hope that VC will be higher, so that the market value of the commercial bank may be better.

Regression Results and Analysis
The fitting equation established from the regression results is: passed the 5% significance test, and the R-squared was 0.9759, and the overall fit of the model was higher. For the control variable SIZE and DET, because of their highly linearly correlated, this paper removed SIZE as the corrected SIZE is

Conclusions
This paper specifically divides the shareholding structure into three parts: equity concentration, equity balance, and separation of two powers. Then, this paper carries out empirical research on market value of Chinese listed commercial banks from these three angles. First, it is found that the high concentration of stock ownership of listed commercial banks will have a negative strongly impact on the enterprise value of listed commercial banks. Second, if the shareholding ratio of the largest shareholder of a listed commercial bank is less than the shareholding ratio of the second largest shareholder, it will have a positive impact on its market value. But this factor has a relatively low impact on its corporate value relative to the other two factors. If the largest shareholder of the listed commercial bank holds more shares, it will bring stability to the management of the listed commercial banks. At the same time, however, there also exists the possibility of damaging other shareholders. It may be that under the influence of this contradiction, the impact of this factor on the market value of listed commercial banks is relatively weak. Third, if the control of the actual controller of the listed commercial bank is highly separated from the ownership, it will have a positive impact on the market value. Generally speaking, the higher degree of separation shows that the actual controller controls the listed commercial banks through more control chains, which means the actual controller has less capitalized cost in a single listed commercial bank and increases the other investment opportunities for actual investors. Furthermore, it forms a bigger scale operation of the listed commercial banks. In general, the proportion of shares held by Chinese listed commercial banks should be reduced. It is good for the Chinese listed commercial banks to introduce social capital, while the state should seek to control by seeking multiple control chains. This will not only control the key sectors of the national economic system, but also enhance the market operation capabilities of Chinese listed commercial banks. While enhancing the diversification of the shareholding structure of listed commercial banks, the Chinese government should establish and improve the supervision mechanism of the management. Allowing many small and medium shareholders to participate in corporate governance contributes to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises. Furthermore, these solutions can stabilize the long-term operation and increase the market value for listed commercial banks.

Conflicts of Interest
The author declares no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.