"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 …

across countries, which could explain the plurality in conclusions in the Islamic/conventional bank efficiency debate. We … find that the alignment between the two bank types is positively related to the country's financial depth, transparency …, economic stability and banking concentration. At the bank level, the alignment in the two banking systems is associated with …

across countries, which could explain the plurality in conclusions in the Islamic/conventional bank efficiency debate. We … find that the alignment between the two bank types is positively related to the country's financial depth, transparency …, economic stability and banking concentration. At the bank level, the alignment in the two banking systems is associated with …

impact of competition on bank orientation - i.e., the choice of relationship based versus transactional banking - and bank … industry specialization. We empirically investigate the impact of interbank competition on bank branch orientation and …. We find that bank branches facing stiff local competition engage relatively more in relationship-based lending but …