Hybrid property, path dependence, market segmentation and financial exclusion: The case of the banking industry in China

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-194

  Yeung, Godfrey ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Banking industry; Financial exclusion; Financial geographies; Hybrid property; Market segmentation; Path dependence

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LIBERALIZATION; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; OWNERSHIP; SEGMENTATION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 62849118550     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2008.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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