We assess the influence of competition and capital regulation on the stability of the banking system. We particularly … competitive environment affect bank monitoring choices and the effectiveness of capital regulation? Our approach deviates from the … show that competition improves the monitoring incentives of better quality banks and deteriorates the incentives of lower …

III rules, thus suggesting a 'race to the top' in capital standards. We study regulatory competition when banks are … coordinated ones when governments care equally about bank profits, taxpayers, and consumers. …

This paper addresses the topic regarding the desirability of competition in banking industry. In a model where banks … investigate three questions: what are the effects of competition on banks' monitoring incentives? Does competition hurt banks …' stability? What can be devices to correct potential negative effects of competition vis à vis financial stability? We find that …

and 2016. Findings - Results show that market structure (proxied with bank competition) as well as institutional quality …Purpose - This paper investigates the role of market structure and institutional quality in determining bank capital … (regulatory quality) lowers bank capital in the sampled banks. This suggests that banks operating in less competitive markets with …