Testing loan loss provisioning hypotheses for Chinese banks

ABSTRACT: This paper investigates loan loss provisions hypotheses concerning Chinese banks during the period of 2009 to 2016. I choose the income-smoothing, capital management, business cycle and x-efficiency hypotheses and test whether other control variables affect the provisioning behavior. When...

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Main Author: Li, Chenxi
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46023/