removing barriers to bank entry on bank competition and economic growth. As governments were not concerned about systemic … stability in this period, we are able to isolate the effects of bank competition from those of state implicit guarantees. We … states that retained state bank chartering policies. We argue that the fiercer bank competition following the introduction of …

the current analysis we investigate the effects of the deregulation during that 1993-1995 period using a recently … show a picture of increased speed. The deregulation of the Dutch retail industry seems therefore to have enlarged market …

We assess the influence of competition and capital regulation on the stability of the banking system. We particularly … ask two questions: i) how does capital regulation affect (endogenous) entry; and ii) how do (exogenous) changes in the … competitive environment affect bank monitoring choices and the effectiveness of capital regulation? Our approach deviates from the …

competition, akin to the competition in wholesale electricity markets. An acute form of market power may arise if a supplier is …