debt in China, and the corresponding burden on banks of impaired assets. It finds that such techniques can play a role, but …

-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia. Owing to their significance to national economies, it is important to find ways to provide SMEs with … guarantees a portion (ratio) of a loan provided by a bank to an SME. This research provides a theoretical model and an empirical … minimizing the bank's nonperforming loans to SMEs, and at the same time fulfill the government policies for supporting SMEs. Our …

model, we assess the determinants of the evolution of bankspecific NPLs in Asia and find that macroeconomic conditions and … bank-specific factors - such as rapid credit growth and excessive bank lending - contribute to the buildup of NPLs. Further …, a panel vector autoregression analysis of macrofinancial implications of NPLs in emerging Asia offers significant …

the interest income of a hypothetical profit-maximis-ing Chinese bank with no credit quality problems. Taking the … Chi-nese banks. Our results uncover a substantial weakening in the quality of Chinese bank loan portfo-lios in 2016. Big …

expectations for NPLs are found to be effective in reducing banks' NPLs. The phase-in of the policies can temporarily reduce bank …