Es sabido que en Argentina, contrariamente a la región, el crédito interno sobre PBI históricamente se encontró en niveles bajos. Analizando los últimos diez años podemos ver que el país fluctuó siempre entre un 12 y 15% de bancarización respecto al PBI (Banco Mundial, 2017). Asimismo,...

This paper analyzes the relationship between the quality of the commercial credit portfolio and diversification in the financial entities of Argentina during the period 1998-2006. To this effect, a database of the financial sector (banking and non-banking) is used, which allows to consider three...

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 competition but which is partially used in the case of...

The Banco de España uses various microeconomic models, mostly of an empirical nature, to support its decision-making in relation to the analysis of economic and financial risks and economic policy advice. These models, which complement those of a macroeconomic nature, seeks to identify the...