Does economic freedom fosters banks' performance? Panel evidence from Malaysia

Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-91

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

^a Khazanah Research and Investment Strategy   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Banks; Economic freedom; Malaysia; Panel regression analysis; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449312027     PISSN: 18155669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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