discipline bank behavior. By controlling for a more comprehensive set of risk/return factors, the study improves upon …

). We use detailed individual-level survey data, combined with key country-level indicators of bank competition and …, and bank loans). We find that more competition tends to increase the probability of access to these financial products. On …In this paper we study how competition and financial soundness affect financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA …

We examine how bank competition in the run-up to the 2007-2009 crisis affects banks' systemic risk during the crisis …. We then investigate whether this effect is influenced by two key bank characteristics: securitization and bank capital …. Using a sample of the largest listed banks from 15 countries, we find that greater market power at the bank level and higher …

Bank competition can induce excessive risk taking due to risk shifting. This paper tests this hypothesis using micro …

It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial … competitive conditions and earns revenues as if under monopolistic competition …

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