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This study investigates the effect information sharing has on financial sector development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. Information sharing is measured with private credit bureaus and public credit registries. Hitherto unexplored dimensions of financial sector development...
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In this study, we examine the role of information and communication technology in complementing information sharing bureaus (or private credit bureaus and public credit registries) for financial sector competition. Hitherto unexplored dimensions of financial sector competition are employed,...
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The study investigates how financial sector transparency moderates the influence of financial crises on bank market … the study shows that while public sector-led financial sector transparency reduces bank market power, private sector …-led financial sector transparency promotes bank market power given that private sector-led transparency gives financial cost …
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This study examines the effect of private and public sector led financial sector transparency on bank interest margins … more effective in dealing with bank interest margins, public sector-led financial transparency is found to be more … consistent in reducing bank interest margins across many more economies. Third, the study shows that the effect of financial …
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Purpose- The purpose of this study is to examine the role of reducing information asymmetry (IA) on conditional financial sector development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. Design/methodology/approach- The empirical evidence is based on contemporary and non-contemporary...
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dimensions identified by the Financial Development and Structure Database of the World Bank. The findings consistently reveal: (i …
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This study investigates linkages between the mobile phone, information sharing offices (ISO) and financial sector development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. ISO are private credit bureaus and public credit registries. The empirical evidence is based on contemporary and...
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In this study, we examine the role of information and communication technology in complementing information sharing bureaus (or private credit bureaus and public credit registries) for financial sector competition. Hitherto unexplored dimensions of financial sector competition are employed,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998231
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The present study investigates how increasing bank accounts and bank concentration affect mobile money innovations in … 148 countries. It builds on scholarly and policy concerns in the literature that increasing bank accounts may not be … having the desired effects on financial inclusion on the one hand and on the other, that bank concentration which is a proxy …
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