SCALE ECONOMIES AND EFFICIENCIES FOR CHINESE RURAL CREDIT COOPERATIVES

Authors:
Dong, Fengxia
Featherstone, Allen M.
Type: Conference Paper
Year of publication: 2003
Source: AgEcon
Collected from: AGRIS
Subject:
cooperatives
Description:This paper evaluates scale economies and efficiencies for Rural Credit Cooperatives (RCCs) in China using both parametric and nonparametric techniques. Diseconomies of scale and allocative inefficiency are found. The results reveal the need for RCCs to decrease their size and the need for government to liberalize the financial market.
 

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