Formal versus informal finance: Evidence from China

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3048-3097

  Ayyagari, Meghana ^a   Demirgüç Kunt, Asli ^b   Maksimovic, Vojislav ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 77954970814     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq030     Document Type: Article

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