Policies aimed to spur quality competition among health care providers are ubiquitous, but their impact on quality is … heterogeneous impact of recent competition enhancing reforms in Sweden. The reforms led to substantially more entry of new providers …

payments and financial literacy, as well as markets for health insurance, crop insurance, agricultural credit, small firm …

changes in financial intermediaries' balance sheets for the supply of credit, liquidity and asset prices, and, consequently …

In recent years growing competition in the microfinance industry has been censured for multiple borrowing, default … crises, high interest rates and coercive recovery of loans. Using the Boone indicator as a measure for competition, our paper … investigates the impact of competition on microfinance institutions' (MFIs) outreach, financial performance and quality of loan …

Purpose: This study examines agricultural lending by commercial banks and the competition they face from the Farm … lending volumes. Findings: Our analysis shows that the two sources of competition have very different effects on commercial … Credit System and non-traditional lenders, including merchants, dealers, and other input suppliers. Design …

duplication of research. An increase in the intensity of competition among firms leads to an increase in the variety of developed …

surplus-sharing and product differentiation, it is chosen by the second mover to avoid Bertrand competition. The equilibrium …