significant central bank reserves. Against this background, Uruguay now faces issues beyond those addressed to stabilize the … central bank reserves. …

significant bank consolidation has been taking place in these countries, reflected in a sharp decline in the number of banks, this …

Community (EAC) countries2. The results show that the degree of competition is low due to a combination of structural and socio …

firms in the non-financial sector. It finds that bank competition has an overall positive effect on firm creation. However … firms, it also finds that asymmetric information limits the overall positive effect of bank competition on firm creation …. Indeed, bank competition is less favorable to the emergence of new firms in industrial sectors where informational …

This paper assesses the degree of bank competition and discusses efficiency with regard to banks' financial …

'Afrique Centrale (CEMAC) and the level of bank competition at the regional level. Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative … excess liquidity in the region. Other data also indicate that bank competition within the CEMAC as a region is limited …

essential ingredients of models of bank competition. …This study reinvestigates the theoretical relationship between competition in banking and banks' exposure to risk of … failure. There is a large existing literature that concludes that when banks are confronted with increased competition, they …

procyclicality of bank credit dynamics to the private sector and contain systemic risk. Reserve requirements, in particular, have … new cross-country evidence on how they influence real private bank credit growth. Our results show that these instruments …

implementation and enforcement need further strengthening. The weak financial position of the Central Bank of Madagascar (BCM) could …