Purpose – This paper attempts to empirically examine the impact of financial development and bank characteristics on the operational performance of commercial banks in the Chinese transitional economy. Design/methodology/approach – Pooled cross-section (banks) and time-series data are...

Purpose – This paper sets out to explore the effects that the setting-up of an independent director system has on the operating efficiency of information electronics companies in China. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses 87 Chinese listed electronics companies during the initial...

Purpose – This study undertakes empirical analysis of the factors that have influenced economic growth in China's provinces during the process of institutional transformation, and to examine whether the disparities in economic growth between provinces have been expanding or diminishing....

Using cointegration and Granger causality tests, examines the causal relationship between defence spending and economic growth in mainland China over the period 1950-1991. The results show that defence spending is not cointegrated with the real economic growth rate, implying the lack of any...

Examines how the locational choice of foreign direct investment (FDI) is influenced by regional characteristics in mainland China, such as the potential for market share extension, labour cost differences, allocative efficiency, transportation infrastructure, and research and development...

Examines empirically the effects of the rationing system, open inflation and budget deficits on rural and urban consumption behaviour in mainland China. Employs a dynamic error-correction model. Estimates the model by ordinary least squares (OLS) based on annual data for the period 1952-1991....

Examines the causal relationship between interest rates, savings and income in the Chinese economy over the period 1952 to 1999, using the cointegration test and Bayesian vector autoregression (BVAR) for empirical testing. The empirical evidence from the cointegration test confirms that there is...

A general equilibrium model for mainland China's open economy is formulated and used to examine the effect of stabilisation policy on the internal and external balances. An expansionary monetary or fiscal policy in particular through its effect on consumption and labour supply raises aggregate...