mechanisms for bank risk-taking studied in a large partial equilibrium literature. We show that competitive equilibriums maximize … banks is higher than that of banks enjoying monopoly rents, and is robust to the introduction of social costs of bank … failures. In this model, there is no trade-off between bank competition and financial stability. -- general equilibrium ; bank …

restrictions upon foreign bank entry and foreign ownership have been affectively abolished. Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA … banks have used size as a barrier to entry to the new entrants in the post-deregulation period. Furthermore, bank efficiency … seems to have increased post-deregulation and the competition resulting from diversity in bank types was important to prompt …

We analyze the microeconomic determinants of cross-border bank acquisitions in 16 transition economies over the period … less efficient banks. This result is in line with the efficiency hypothesis. -- Cross-border bank acquisitions ; latent …

coordinated ones when governments care equally about bank profits, taxpayers, and consumers. …

impact of competition on bank orientation - i.e., the choice of relationship based versus transactional banking - and bank … industry specialization. We empirically investigate the impact of interbank competition on bank branch orientation and … specialization. We employ a unique data set containing detailed information on bank-firm relationships and industry classification …