"The relationships among competition in the financial sector, access of firms to external financing, and associated … economic growth are ambiguous in theory. Moreover, measuring competition in the financial sector can be complex. In this paper … Claessens and Laeven first estimate for 16 countries a measure of banking system competition based on industrial organization …

The relationships among competition in the financial sector, access of firms to external financing, and associated … economic growth are ambiguous in theory. Moreover, measuring competition in the financial sector can be complex. In this paper … Claessens and Laeven first estimate for 16 countries a measure of banking system competition based on industrial organization …

The relationships among competition in the financial sector, access of firms to external financing, and associated … economic growth are ambiguous in theory. Moreover, measuring competition in the financial sector can be complex. In this paper … the authors first estimate for 16 countries a measure of banking system competition based on industrial organization …

This paper investigates the dynamics of the pass-through between market interest rates and bank interest rates in the … deposits and savings deposits. Bank soundness, credit risk and interest rate risk are found to exert a significant influence on … monetary policy was up (down). Overall, we find that competition among banks and competition from financial markets result in a …

financial system in which there is intense competition among banks for private households' funds. Following earlier work by … contracts is restrained by households' financial market access. However, we also assume spatial monopolistic competition among … monopoly rents also entails a positive effect; however, this beneficial effect is only relevant if competition among banks does …

If stable and efficient banks are such a good idea, why are they so rare? -- The game of bank bargains -- Tools of … colonial times to 1990 -- The new U.S. bank bargain : megabanks, urban activists, and the erosion of mortgage standards … -- Leverage, regulatory failure, and the subprime crisis -- Durable partners : politics and banking in Canada -- Mexico : chaos …