scores. Then, we regress cost efficiency scores on Lerner indices contingent on bank characteristics, market features and the …

bureaus (or private credit bureaus and public credit registries) for financial sector competition. Hitherto unexplored … dimensions of financial sector competition are employed, namely: financial sector dynamics of formalization, informalization and …

The goal of this paper is to assess how knowledge economy (KE) plays out in financial sector competition. It suggests a … under the World Bank's four knowledge economy index (KEI) are employed. An endogeneity robust panel instrumental variable …

financial sector competition in Africa using updated data to appraise second generation reforms. The ‘freedom to trade' and …

sector competition, we contribute at the same time to the macroeconomic literature on measuring financial development and …

The goal of this paper is to assess how financial sector competition plays-out in the development of knowledge economy … the World Bank's four knowledge economy index (KEI) are employed. Three hypotheses based on seven propositions are tested … relevant new insights into how financial sector competition affects KE …

bank-based financial reforms, thereby neglecting market-based financial reforms. This book provides a one-stop-shop for … pertaining to financial development in Africa, including interest rate and exchange rate reforms, the dynamics of bank-based and …-growth nexus; bank-based versus market-based financial sectors in Africa; financial development and information and communication …