The foreign exchange exposure of Chinese banks

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-182

  Wong, Tak Chuen ^a   Wong, Jim ^a   Leung, Phyllis ^a  

^a HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Banking; China; Foreign exchange policy; Foreign exchange risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349193010     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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