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Macroeconomic and Bank-Specific Determinants of Non-Performing Loans: Evidence from Nepalese Banking System

By: Laxmi Koju,  Ram Koju and  Shouyang Wang  
Open Access
|Sep 2018

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Language: English
Page range: 111 - 138
Submitted on: Jul 5, 2017
Accepted on: Oct 6, 2017
Published on: Sep 10, 2018
Published by: Central Bank of Montenegro
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