Managed exchange rates, dual listing and foreign exchange exposure: The experience of chinese banks around the financial crisis

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 393-421

  Ye, Min ^a   Hutson, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Banking sector; China; Dual listing; Financial crisis; Foreign exchange exposure

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CAPITAL FLOW; EXCHANGE RATE; FINANCIAL CRISIS;

CHINA;

EID: 79961059621     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: 14699648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2011.589629     Document Type: Article

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