Financial liberalisation, crisis, and restructuring: A comparative study of bank performance and bank governance in South East Asia

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 29, Issue 8-9 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2119-2154

  Williams, Jonathan ^a   Nguyen, Nghia ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian banks; Bank restructuring; Financial liberalisation; Foreign banks; Governance; Ownership; Privatisation; Productivity; Profit efficiency; Stochastic frontier analysis; Technical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444486619     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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