This paper examines whether regulation that is more conducive to competitive and efficient financial systems has a … external sources of funding tend to grow faster in countries that have more competition-friendly regulation in markets for … banking services and financial instruments. The regulatory indicators are assembled from surveys conducted by the World Bank …

a tighter regulation of lenders. Enhancing competition in the banking market would also impose discipline on lending …

did reveal vulnerabilities in the non-banking sector . particularly in the corporate-bond market. Conservative regulation …

point per annum. Economic output is mainly affected by an increase in bank lending spreads as banks pass a rise in bank … Tier 1 capital ratio) could increase bank lending spreads by about 50 basis points. The estimated effects on GDP growth …

Much scope remains to make regulation of product markets more conducive to competition ? notwithstanding progress in … objectives in energy market regulation could be achieved at lower cost. In the telecommunications industry, competition in the … local loop can be strengthened. Regulation of the liberal professions is among the most restrictive in the OECD. Entry …

the United States, is that the heavy regulation of Europe reduces its growth. Using newly assembled data on regulation in … several sectors of many OECD countries, we provide substantial and robust evidence that various measures of regulation in the …