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...

The present paper examines the determinants of non-bank financial institutions' (NBFIs) profitability in a developing economy. Specifically working within the Malaysian financial sector, the analysis is confined to the universe of the merchant banks and finance companies operating in the...

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...