This study examines the productivity growth of the nationwide banks of China over the ten years to 2006. Using a bootstrap method for the Malmquist index estimates of productivity growth are constructed with appropriate confidence intervals. The paper adjusts for the quality of the output by...

Trends in domestic and international banking -- Financial intermediation : the impact of the capital market -- Banks and financial intermediation -- Banking typology -- International banking -- The theory of the banking firm -- Models of banking behaviour -- Credit rationing -- Securitization --...