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Non-performing loans and productivity in Chinese banks: 1997–2006

Matthews, Kent ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6968-3098, Guo, Jianguang and Zhang, Nina 2007. Non-performing loans and productivity in Chinese banks: 1997–2006. [Working Paper]. Cardiff Economics Working Papers, Cardiff: Cardiff University.

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Abstract

This study examines the productivity growth of the nationwide banks of China over the ten years to 2006. Using a bootstrap method for the Malmquist index estimates of productivity growth are constructed with appropriate confidence intervals. The paper adjusts for the quality of the output by accounting for the non-performing loans on the balance sheets and test for the robustness of the results by examining alternative sets of outputs. The productivity growth of the state-owned banks is compared with the Joint-stock banks and it determinants evaluated. The paper finds that average productivity of the Chinese banks improved modestly over this period. Adjusting for the quality of loans, by treating NPLs as an undesirable output, the average productivity growth of the state-owned banks was zero or negative while productivity of the Joint-Stock banks was markedly higher.

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Business (Including Economics)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Publisher: Cardiff University
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 30 March 2016
Last Modified: 28 Oct 2022 10:18
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/77777

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