Economic reforms, efficiency and productivity in Chinese banking

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-129

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a   Wang, Dan ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deregulation; Efficiency; Input distance function; Productivity; Stochastic frontier; Technical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049048273     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-007-9028-x     Document Type: Article

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