Banks, financial development and regional growth; evidence from Thailand.

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Banks, financial development and regional growth; evidence from Thailand.

Chantapong, Saovanee.

Peter Lang Lang language
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2006

137 pages

$37.95

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In 1997, the Thai economy suffered twin crises in the areas of banking and currency. This study provides a policy-oriented survey of these events and examines and compares the cost efficiency of domestic and foreign banks in Thailand 18 Local Thai Banks
8 Local Commercial Banks

ACL Bank PCL http://www.aclbank.com/en/index.aspx
Bangkok Bank PCL US$30.5 billion in total assets and over 600 branches, largest bank of Thailand, established 1944 http://www.bbl.co.th/Bangkok+Bank/main.

. It concludes with an empirical analysis of the dynamic relationship between financial development and economic growth from a regional perspective. Chantapong, who holds a PhD in economics from the U. of Hanover, works for the Central Bank of Thailand The Bank of Thailand (Thai: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย) is the central bank of the Kingdom of Thailand. . The text is based on her dissertation dis·ser·ta·tion
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