ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. China's insurance market - development issues -- ch. 3. Review of efficiency studies in … first English language study in the literature to address the efficiency issue of the Chinese insurance sector, and presents … a comprehensive review on alternative methodologies for analyzing firm efficiency …

Since China joined the WTO in 2001, the pressure for bank reforms has mounted as China ought to fully open up its … financial market to foreign competition by 2006. Efficiency is key for domestic banks to survive in a liberalised environment …, but it appears that the last hope for raising bank efficiency is through ownership reform. Whether ownership reform and …

Employing the one-step stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) approach, this paper examines bank efficiency in China …. Bank efficiency has improved over the data period 1995-2008. The estimated average cost and profit efficiencies are 74% and … negative effect on profit efficiency in the long-term while initial public offerings (IPOs) improve bank profitability in the …

governance changes on bank efficiency in China for the period 1995-2005. Our results show that bank efficiency has been improved …China has accelerated and deepened bank reform since it joined the WTO in 2001. Employing a stochastic distance … function, this paper investigates the technical efficiency of banks and examines the static, selection and dynamic effects of …

Since China joined the WTO in 2001, the pressure for bank reforms has mounted as China ought to fully open up its … financial market to foreign competition by 2006. Efficiency is key for domestic banks to survive in a liberalised environment …, but it appears that the last hope for raising bank efficiency is through ownership reform. Whether ownership reform and …