Nonperforming loans and productivity in Chinese Banks, 1997-2006

Chinese Economy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 30-47

  Matthews, Kent ^a   Zhang, Xu ^b   Guo, Jianguang ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Citibank ^*

^c CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

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EID: 67749097628     PISSN: 10971475     EISSN: 15580954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/CES1097-1475420202     Document Type: Article

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