An Analysis of Cost Efficiency and Loan Loss Provisioning Behaviour in Chinese Commercial Banks

This paper investigates loan loss provisioning (LLP) behaviour by Chinese banks during the period 2011-2015. We test the income-smoothing, capital management, and business cycle hypotheses, in the meanwhile, test whether the cost efficiency has the influence on LLP behaviour. Our results show that C...

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Main Author: LI, WANYING
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47012/