Centralization and marginalization: The Chinese banking industry in reform

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 854-867

  Yeung, Godfrey ^a   He, Canfei ^b   Liu, Hao ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Banks; Centralization; China; Marginalization; State

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CENTRALIZATION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MARGINALIZATION; REFORM PROCESS;

CHINA;

EID: 80053493415     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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