Towards a more accurate measure of foreign bank entry and its impact on domestic banking performance: The case of China

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 886-901

  Xu, Ying ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bank performance; China; FDI spillovers; Foreign bank entry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951549233     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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