shields the private commercial bank from aggressive competition by these banks. -- banking ; competition ; cooperation : non …

removing barriers to bank entry on bank competition and economic growth. As governments were not concerned about systemic … stability in this period, we are able to isolate the effects of bank competition from those of state implicit guarantees. We … states that retained state bank chartering policies. We argue that the fiercer bank competition following the introduction of …

Foreign bank entry is frequently associated with spillover effects for local banks and increasing competition in the … have positive welfare effects the stronger competition. Hence, competitive effects seem to reinforce each other, while … spillovers and competition tend to weaken each other. …