This paper examines the impact of non-traditional activities on the China banking sector's technical and scale efficiency during the post-reform period 2000-2005. The paper follows the procedures set by Isik and Hassan (2003) by omitting the off-balance sheet items first, before adding it as an...

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of credit risk on China banks' total factor productivity. Design/methodology/approach–The paper employs the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) which allows for the examination of five different indices:...

This paper examines the impact of non-traditional activities on the China banking sector's technical and scale efficiency during the post-reform period 2000-2005. The paper follows the procedures set by Isik and Hassan (2003) by omitting the off-balance sheet items first, before adding it as an...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide new empirical evidence on the impact of credit risk on China banks' total factor productivity. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) which allows for the examination of five different indices:...