some elements of instability associated with laissez faire but underdeveloped banking; (b) the 1970s and 1980s that …. Considerable competition has been introduced in the banking sector through new private sector banks, but public sector banks … still in their infancy. Similarly, despite the introduction of new private sector insurance companies coverage of insurance …

drive banking toward provision of fee-based, utility services …

exports of all five broad categories of the U.K.'s financial and insurance services. No trade barriers are found for the bulk … suggests that post-Brexit disruptions of the U.K.'s export of financial and insurance services may be minor …

This paper revisits the competitive environment of the banking system in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and … approaches and prudential considerations in fostering financial innovation and banking sector competition …

energy/environmental tax systems in Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam suggests that there is substantial scope for policy …