Bank specific and macroeconomic determinants of bank profitability: Empirical evidence from the China banking sector

Frontiers of Economics in China

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 274-291

  Sufian, Fadzlan ^a,b   Habibullah, Muzafar Shah ^b  

^a Khazanah Research and Investment Strategy   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bank profitability; China; Multivariate regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649538356     PISSN: 16733444     EISSN: 16733568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11459-009-0016-1     Document Type: Article

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