-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 …

finance coupled with high informality, costly insolvency procedures, skilled labour shortages and weak competition have … competition in financial markets by reducing information asymmetries and switching costs for bank customers and strengthening … competition enforcement. As capital markets are shallow compared to other euro area countries, listing of large state …

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 …

better public sector performance. The paper concludes by proposing policy measures to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency …