Bank productivity in China 1997-2007: Measurement and convergence

China Economic Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 617-628

  Matthews, Kent ^a   Zhang, Nina Xu ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bank efficiency; Bootstrap; China; Malmquist; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049258232     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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