| Financial industry cluster as a special case of industrial clustering, is one of important economic activity in the city, and it plays an important role in promoting urban economic growth. Taking Shanghai as a research region, the changes of number of Shanghai financial industries, market structure, competitive strength, and the impact on the economy in Shanghai reveal the role of financial industry cluster. This paper uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis methods, measured the level of competitiveness of the banking sector in Shanghai for the first time and discussed the relations of financial industry and economic development. This research and findings are the following:(1) Measuring the level of concentration of Shanghai banking institutions and insurance institutions by CR and HHI indicators, the results show a competitive market in banking financial institutions, and life insurance and property insurance industry a low oligopoly market structure. From a time series perspective, CR and HHI from 2005 to 2009 decreased and then increased in the process.(2) Measuring the level of competitiveness of banking institutions in Shanghai, found that the intensity of competition in the banking sector in Shanghai is higher than the intensity of competition in the whole country, but by comparison tothe European and American developed countries, there is a gap. From the timing Look, from 2007 to 2009, the level of competitiveness among banks was on the decline. From the element of H statistic, funding and manpower contributed greatly to the H statistic, that shows funding and manpower are crucial in the current banking industry(3) The increasing degree of financial industry concentration, promoting the profitability of the financial industry in Shanghai. Meanwhile, in the 2 and 3, financial industry growth is the Granger cause for GDP growth, and in the lag period of 4, financial industry growth and GDP growth are Granger cause for each other. |
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