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Italy : Assessing Competition and Efficiency in the Banking System
International Monetary Fund - 2007
other countries, such as France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper finds competition in …The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in …. The degree of competition falls within the range of estimates for a set of comparator countries. Greater contestability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400137
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Competition in Indian Banking
International Monetary Fund - 2005
It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial … competitive conditions and earns revenues as if under monopolistic competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400691
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Competitiveness in the Baltics in the Run-Up to EU Accession
International Monetary Fund - 2003
This paper analyzes competitiveness in the Baltics in the run-up to European Union accession. Several factors appear to have driven movements in equilibrium real exchange rates in the Baltics since the start of the transition process. In the earlier years of transition, price liberalization,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407140
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Republic of Kazakhstan : Financial Sector Assessment Program Update—Technical Note—Bank Profitability and Competition
International Monetary Fund - 2004
competition in the banking sector. In spite of significant gains in efficiency made in recent years, operational costs and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407263
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Assessing Competitiveness Using Industry Unit Labor Costs : An Application to Slovakia
International Monetary Fund - 2012
Conceptual ambiguities and statistical weaknesses hamper the assessment of external competitiveness. The term competitiveness, while applied extensively, is often imprecisely defined, which can result in analytical errors and mistaken policy advice. Furthermore, aggregate statistical measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396613
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Thailand - Assessment of Observance of the CPSS-IOSCO Principals for Financial Market Infrastructures : BAHTNET and TSD
International Monetary Fund - 2019
This report contains the assessments of BAHTNET and TSD based on the PFMI. The assessment was undertaken in the context of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) of Thailand in November 2018. The assessors were Gynedi Srinivas and Dorothee...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646634
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Financial Sector Assessment : Eastern Caribbean Currency Union
International Monetary Fund - 2013
The joint World Bank- International Monetary Fund (IMF) Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) to the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) was carried out in September and October of 2003. The assessment covered the following: (i) stability issues, including banking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559975
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Thailand Financial Sector Assessment Program : Thailand Securities Depository of the CPSS/IOSCO Recommendations for Securities Settlement Systems
International Monetary Fund - 2008
Securities settlement systems should have a well-founded, clear and transparent legal basis in the relevant jurisdiction. The laws, regulations, rules and procedures governing the operations and activities of Thailand Securities Depositories (TSD) are public and accessible to participants. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247121
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El Salvador Financial Sector Assessment Program Update : Capital Market Development
International Monetary Fund (contributor);  … - International Monetary Fund - 2010
The capital markets in Salvador are small and relatively underdeveloped, and have played a very limited role in the economy. On average, institutional investors invest less than 10 percent of their total assets in capital market instruments. In 2009, there were only five new issuances of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247386
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Republic of Indonesia Financial Sector Assessment Program : Monetary Policy
International Monetary Fund (contributor);  … - International Monetary Fund - 2010
This assessment covers the transparency of monetary policy in the Republic of Indonesia, and in particular, BI's role in the formulation and implementation of this policy. It forms part of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) for Indonesia, which was conducted jointly by the IMF and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247392