The locational distribution of foreign banks in China: A disaggregated analysis

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 733-754

  He, Canfei ^a   Yeung, Godfrey ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conditional logit model China; Foreign banks; Location choices

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BANKING; DEREGULATION; LOCATION DECISION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

CHINA;

EID: 79960642340     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343401003614282     Document Type: Article

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