1992-96. Assessing a Bank's overall performance requires assessing both efficiency and risk factors, so the author also …

countries. They measure bank interest rate spreads for 106 countries at an aggregate level, and for 32 countries at the level of …

Using bank-level data, the authors apply the Panzar and Rosse (1987) methodology to estimate the extent to which … systems with greater foreign bank entry and fewer entry and activity restrictions to be more competitive. They find no … contestability determines effective competition, especially by allowing (foreign) bank entry and reducing activity restrictions on …

This paper examines the impact of bank regulations, concentration, inflation, and national institutions on bank net … interest margins using data from over 1,400 banks across 72 countries while controlling for bank-specific characteristics. The … data indicate that tighter regulations on bank entry and bank activities boost net interest margins. Inflation also exerts …