Bank reforms, competition and efficiency in china's banking system: Are small city bank entrants more efficient?

China and World Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 69-87

  Lin, Hui Lin ^a   Tsao, Chia Chi ^b   Yang, Chih Hai ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bank reform; Competition; Efficiency; Small bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349320320     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2009.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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