Ariff, Mohamed; Can, Luc - In: China Economic Review 19 (2008) 2, pp. 260-273
Using a non-parametric technique for data from 1995 to 2004, we investigate the cost and profit efficiency of 28 Chinese commercial banks. We examine the influence of ownership type, size, risk profile, profitability and key environmental changes on the bank efficiency using a Tobit regression....