An Analysis of Loan Loss Provisioning Behaviour in Hong Kong Commercial Banks

This study investigates the determinants of loan loss provisioning behaviour in Hong Kong commercial banks based on the sample of 20 banks during the period of 2006-2014. We examine the income smoothing, capital management and business cycle hypotheses and test whether the inclusion of Cost efficien...

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Main Author: Xu, Binxing
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36568/