This paper examines for the first time the relationship between China banks’ efficiency and its share price performance … efficiency, while controlling for other bank specific traits. The empirical findings suggest that large China banks have …, while the medium sized banks have exhibited higher scale efficiency. The relationship between China banks’ efficiency and …

inequality. In each case, we discuss recent and possible policy reforms. We make comparisons with China’s federal system where …

change to the change in China’s energy consumption in the 1980s. However, no detailed analysis to date has been done to … filled this gap by investigating the change in energy consumption in China’s industrial sector in the 1990s, based on the … growth rate dramatically in line with the belief that the growth rate of China’s GDP may be overestimated. …

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze one important part of the emerging environmental problems in China …--- water pollution. The importance of water for any nation is obvious. In case of China it acquires particular salience because … of China’s industrial needs as well as human needs. Particularly significant is the rapid deterioration of the water …

The abandonment of China’s relatively isolationism from the global economy has given rise to a growing interest in the … relationship between political and economic space in contemporary China. In particular, increased economic interaction between … Southern China, Hong Kong and Taiwan has promoted interest in the efficacy of concepts such as "growth triangles", "region …

China. The first part of the paper provides a statistical overview of the growth in Chinese trade since 1978, and suggests …. Second, through the attraction of export oriented foreign direct investment into China, particularly after 1993. While export …-led growth has made a significant contribution to job creation in China, it has also complicated ongoing debates over the …

This study focuses on consumer assessment of online auction in China using Taobao.com as a typical case. With an … in Hangzhou, China. The findings of this research help us to observe the current consumer perceptions toward e …-auction services and techniques used in China. The study also provides some interesting clues for identification of important factors …

Among global fund managers and investors, the reliability of accounting data in emerging markets can be a major concern … national accounting standards in an emerging economy using China as an example. Specifically, this research analyses the …

This paper analyses the institutional constraints on China's transition to sustainability. Through the investigation of … the ecological dimension of the sustainability in China, we argue that there is a vacuum of social consensus and public … understanding resulting from unbridled meritocracy and that this forms the key barrier to China's transition to sustainability. In …