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Bank Competition, Financial Dependence, and Economic Growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council

Caggiano, Giovanni - 2017

The relationship between bank competition, firm access to finance, and economic growth is a much debated topic in the economic literature and in policy circles. This paper uses a panel of 23 manufacturing sectors over 2002-10 to investigate the impact of bank competition on industry growth in...

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What Drives the Development of the Insurance Sector? An Empirical Analysis Based on a Panel of Developed and Developing Countries

Feyen, Erik - 2017

The insurance sector can play a critical role in financial and economic development. By reducing uncertainty and the … with long investment horizons, insurance companies can contribute to the provision of long-term instruments to finance … corporate investment and housing. There is evidence of a causal relationship between insurance sector development and economic …

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Agent Banking in a Highly Under-Developed Financial Sector : Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo

Giné, Xavier - 2017

The paper provides evidence on the number and volume of financial transactions undertaken by agents (local businesses that double as more convenient, lower cost alternatives to formal branches) of the largest microfinance institution operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More important...

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Financial Outreach and Working Poverty in Developing Countries : New Evidence from Bank Penetration

Coulibaly, Aissata - 2018

Although a growing body of literature emphasizes that the poor may benefit from better access to financial services through more growth and employment opportunities, there is a continuing debate about the mechanism and extent to which such access would reduce inequalities. Considering that labor...

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Concentration in the Banking Sector and Financial Stability : New Evidence

Calice, Pietro - 2018

Theory suggests that the effect of banking market concentration on financial stability is mediated by several competing … concentration, increasing concentration improves banking system stability via profitability. At higher levels of concentration …, increasing concentration makes the banking system more fragile because of the cost of credit, diversification and the ease of …

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Bank Deleveraging : Causes, Channels, and Consequences for Emerging Market and Developing Countries

Feyen, Erik - 2017

, particularly in Europe; now worry centers on a potential global credit crunch led by European banking institutions. Overall, credit …

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Job Growth and Finance : Are Some Financial Institutions Better Suited to Early Stages of Development than Others?

Cull, Robert - 2017

consistent with the history-based political economy view that banking systems in low-income countries serve the interests of the … depend heavily on external finance; and banking development is positively associated with more physical and human capital …

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The Evolving Importance of Banks and Securities Markets

Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli - 2017

This paper examines the evolving importance of banks and securities markets during the process of economic development. As economies develop, they increase their demand for the services provided by securities markets relative to those provided by banks, such that securities markets become...

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Banking Sector Competition in Russia

Anzoategui, Diego - 2017

The Russian banking sector includes approximately 1,000 banks, but is it competitive? This paper analyzes bank …

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The Impact of Interest Rate Caps on the Financial Sector : Evidence from Commercial Banks in Kenya

Safavian, Mehnaz - 2018

Interest rate caps can have far-reaching consequences on the composition and maturity of commercial bank loans and deposits. This paper carefully documents these impacts on the formal financial sector in Kenya after the recent interest rate caps of 2016. Using bank-level panel data from before...

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