-scope bank business models and corporate structures. …

presence on bank stability is positive on average but insignificant in some specifications. …

the real economy. The study also runs an empirical exercise to estimate the costs of bank narrowness and draws policy …

expansion, assesses future trends, and evaluates its policy implications. It concludes that bank credit to the private sector is …

, the decline in corporate demand for bank liquidity is identified as a major factor explaining the fall of the franchise …

shocks, led to a systemic banking crisis. The priorities for bank restructuring are to complete the separation of nonviable …

The 1988 Basel I Accord set the common requirements of bank capital to promote the soundness and stability of the …

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

, or is relatively inefficient, then imperfect competition and intermediate levels of bank risks are optimal. These results … technology exhibits increasing returns to scale, or it is relatively efficient, then perfect competition is optimal and supports … the lowest feasible level of bank risk. Conversely, if the intermediation technology exhibits constant returns to scale …