The profit-maximizing and oligopoly bank model developed by Bresnahan and Lau allows determining the degree of market … power held by an average bank. The equilibrium price equation includes a mark up, which is not used in the case of perfect …

This paper examines whether bank ownership (public versus private, domestic versus foreign) is correlated with bank … bank managers; evidence is found in support of the former hypothesis. In the case of foreign-owned banks, the paper finds …

loan loss reserves and a higher presence of foreign banks have a negative impact on the availability of bank credit. The …

This paper examines the Swedish record of competition in the supply of bank notes in the 19th century. Between 1831 and … with the notes of the Riksbank, the bank owned by the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. The private banks turned out to be … of an overissue of notes or of runs by the public on private note banks occurred. No private bank failed to redeem its …

-output framework using Norwegian bank-level panel data. The dual approach with four variable inputs is applied, and the general model … towards electronic payment services has decreased average costs and increased the economies of scale in bank intermediation …