The relationship between bank competition, firm access to finance, and economic growth is a much debated topic in the … impact of bank competition on industry growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council economies. The results show that greater … competition. These results are robust to a variety of checks. The findings suggest that improving bank competition should be an …

growth, much less work has dealt with the importance of bank-based versus market-based financial systems for poverty and …. Some theories, however, claim that, by reducing information and transaction costs, the development of bank-based financial … through 2008. The results suggest that when institutions are weak, bank-based financial systems are better at reducing poverty …

institutions. This paper describes the developments in the Czech banking sector and explains how the tough macroeconomic …

This paper discusses the evolution of the Egyptian banking sector and the main trends in financial development in the …. Second; access to and the efficiency of banking services are not associated with real per capita income. Third, the Financial … services industry in Egypt. There is an especially critical role for bank financing to support the private sector to maintain …

-performing loans compared with pre-crisis bank profitability suggests that debt overhang in the banking sector is a threat in Ukraine …