Does economic freedom fosters banks’ performance? Panel evidence from Malaysia

The present paper provides new empirical evidence on the impact of economic freedom on banks’ performance. The empirical analysis is confined to the Malaysian banking sector during the period of 1999–2007. We find that overall economic freedom and business freedom exerts positive impacts, implying t...

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Main Authors: Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/5208/
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