-oriented regulatory policies and competition in banking and insurance.<P>Régulation prudentielle et concurrence sur les marchés financiers …This paper examines how a range of stability-oriented regulatory policies for banking and insurance are related to … selected stability and competition outcomes in these sectors. Based on survey information on financial market regulation …

liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …

given its geographic location. Reforms introduced in the past two years, including those to promote competition and … education, infrastructure, financial development, the rule of law, as well as a lack of competition come out in various studies … the current recession and longer-term growth. This can be achieved by increasing competition, especially in network …

The Mexican banking crisis of 1994/95 necessitated a major government rescue operation - estimated to have cost about … financial system has markedly improved, as shown by indicators of the solidity and profitability of the banking sector. This has … and/or acquisitions. Nevertheless, several challenges remain. The banking sector is still relatively inefficient and the …

and data envelopment analyses confirm that the efficiency of the Colombian commercial banking system is low compared to … the banking system suffers high intermediation costs, which limit constrains access to finance by households and firms …-deposit spread suggests that the levels of contestability and efficiency are low. A more in-depth analysis using stochastic frontier …

procedures, internationalisation needs to be fostered, and competition strengthened. In addition, the negative impact of the …

banking sector is sufficiently capitalised in the short term, banks are deleveraging by cutting down their dependence on cross … while weakening banks’ solvency. The mid-December 2011 agreement between the government and the banking sector was a welcome … call for stiffer competition. The development of the financial markets has also been adversely affected by the de facto …