The effects of reform on China's bank structure and performance

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-52

  Heffernan, Shelagh ^b  

^a Maggie)   (Macao)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Market structure and performance; Reform of China's banking sector; Scale efficiency; X efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249113822     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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