Has economic freedom fostered bank performance? Panel evidence from China

The impact of economic freedom on the well-being of the economy has been widely documented. Noticeably absent from the literature is empirical evidence on the impact of economic freedom on the banking sector. This article employs data on the Chinese banking sector and provides for the first time emp...

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Main Authors: Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah
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Published: Routledge 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22738/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.227382014-12-26T12:31:30Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22738/ Has economic freedom fostered bank performance? Panel evidence from China Sufian, Fadzlan Habibullah, Muzafar Shah The impact of economic freedom on the well-being of the economy has been widely documented. Noticeably absent from the literature is empirical evidence on the impact of economic freedom on the banking sector. This article employs data on the Chinese banking sector and provides for the first time empirical evidence on the impact of economic freedom. We find evidence supporting far greater freedom for entrepreneurs to start businesses. The empirical findings seem to suggest that greater freedom of trade positively influences the performance of banks operating in the Chinese banking sector. However, the impact of the different dimensions of economic freedom is not uniform across Chinese banks with different ownership structures. Routledge 2010 Article NonPeerReviewed Sufian, Fadzlan and Habibullah, Muzafar Shah (2010) Has economic freedom fostered bank performance? Panel evidence from China. China Economic Journal, 3 (3). pp. 255-279. ISSN 1753-8963; ESSN: 1753-8971 10.1080/17538963.2010.562039
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description The impact of economic freedom on the well-being of the economy has been widely documented. Noticeably absent from the literature is empirical evidence on the impact of economic freedom on the banking sector. This article employs data on the Chinese banking sector and provides for the first time empirical evidence on the impact of economic freedom. We find evidence supporting far greater freedom for entrepreneurs to start businesses. The empirical findings seem to suggest that greater freedom of trade positively influences the performance of banks operating in the Chinese banking sector. However, the impact of the different dimensions of economic freedom is not uniform across Chinese banks with different ownership structures.
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author Sufian, Fadzlan
Habibullah, Muzafar Shah
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Has economic freedom fostered bank performance? Panel evidence from China
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Habibullah, Muzafar Shah
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title Has economic freedom fostered bank performance? Panel evidence from China
title_short Has economic freedom fostered bank performance? Panel evidence from China
title_full Has economic freedom fostered bank performance? Panel evidence from China
title_fullStr Has economic freedom fostered bank performance? Panel evidence from China
title_full_unstemmed Has economic freedom fostered bank performance? Panel evidence from China
title_sort has economic freedom fostered bank performance? panel evidence from china
publisher Routledge
publishDate 2010
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22738/
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