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X-efficiency, Scale Economies, Technological Progress and Competition : A Case of Banking Sector in Pakistan
Qayyum, Abdul; Khan, Sajawal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This study aims at empirical investigation of the x-efficiency, scale economies, and technological progress of commercial banks operating in Pakistan using balance panel data for 29 banks. As banking sector efficiency is considered as a precondition for macroeconomic stability, monetary policy...
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Assessing Competition in Philippine Markets
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper reviews the current empirical literature on competition and market structure of Philippine industries. It … shows that weak competition is one of the fundamental factors that explain limited growth, productivity, and employment in …, while necessary, are not sufficient to foster effective competition. The success of these reforms depends on the creation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365322
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Promoting Domestic Reforms through Regionalism
Dee, Philippa; McNaughton, Anne - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
There is a strong presumption among economists that domestic reforms are promoted by regionalism. Yet strong empirical evidence for this proposition is lacking. This paper examines both the theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on this issue, drawing on the relevant economic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652187
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The effect of Strategic Sale of Banks : Evidence from Indonesia
Parinduri, Rasyad A.; Riyanto, Yohanes E. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
We examine the eect of strategic sale the sale of banks to strategic foreign investors on banks performance. The Government of Indonesia implemented such a policy as a part of bank restructuring in the aftermath of the 1998 banking crisis. Using difference-in-difference models, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363590
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Innovations as Response to Failures in Rural Financial Markets
Llanto, Gilberto M.; Gabrielle Roanne Laviña - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The paper reviews the innovations developed by some financial institutions to meet the challenges of microfinance and rural finance markets. Innovations could be new products and methodologies or refinements to existing practices that are created in response to market inefficiencies and changing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363593
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Microinsurance in the Philippines : Policy and Regulatory Issues and Challenges
Llanto, Gilbert M.; Almario, Joselito; Llanto-Gamboa, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This study assesses the state of micro-insurance in the country, identifies the players and their performance, and the challenges facing micro-insurance development. The term micro pertains to the capacity of a program to handle the small, sometime irregular cash flows of poor households, who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363597
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Developing Principles for the Regulation of Microinsurance : Philippine Case Study
Llanto, Gilberto M.; Geron, Ma. Piedad S.; Almario, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Illness or injury, death of a family member, man-made calamities and natural disasters have a devastating effect on those poor households cash flow, liquidity and earning capacities and thus, on household welfare. Demand for micro-insurance products is growing in view of continuing risks to...
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Impact of Microfinance on Rural Households in the Philippines
Kondo, Toshio; Aniceto Orbeta Jr.; Dingcong, Clarence; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
assisting organizations that employed the Grameen Bank Approach (GBA) in providing credit to the poor. The project was … implemented by the Peoples Credit and Finance Corporation (PCFC) and funded by the Asian Development Bank. The evaluation uses a …
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Misaligned Incentives and Mortgage Lending in Asia
Green, Richard; Mariano, Robert; Pavlov, Andrey; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
arising from bank-financed mortgage lending. We conclude with a brief discussion of current MBS markets in Asia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363721
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Measuring Financial Inclusion : An Axiomatic Approach
Chakravarty, Satya R.; Pal, Rupayan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper clearly demonstrates that the axiomatic measurement approach developed in the human development literature can be usefully applied to the measurement of financial inclusion. A conceptual framework for aggregating data on financial services in different dimensions is developed. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363754