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We test if unconventional monetary policy instruments influence the competitive conduct of banks. Between q2:2010 and q1:2012, the ECB absorbed e218 billion worth of government securities from five EMU countries under the Securities Markets Programme (SMP). Using detailed security holdings data...
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tightening of credit terms when firms experience shocks. …
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Information management is a core process in banking that can resolve information asymmetries and thereby help to mitigate competitive pressure. We test if the use of information technology (IT) contributes to bank output, and how IT-augmented bank productivity relates to differences in market...
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This study investigates if the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) distorted price competition in U.S. banking …
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We test if unconventional monetary policy instruments influence the competitive conduct of banks. Between q2:2010 and q1:2012, the ECB absorbed €218 billion worth of government securities from five EMU countries under the Securities Markets Programme (SMP). Using detailed security holdings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606062
cost savings. We suggest a united approach to measure competition and efficiency simultaneously to test this hypothesis. We … estimate bank-specific Lerner indices as measures of competition and test if cost and profit efficiency are negatively related …
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specific cost parameters to measure competition with Lerner indices. Large, national universal banks and the smallest, most … specialized banks exhibit the lowest level of competition. In turn, medium sized universal banks are both efficient and exhibit …
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specific cost parameters to measure competition with Lerner indices. Large, national universal banks and the smallest, most … specialized banks exhibit the lowest level of competition. In turn, medium sized universal banks are both efficient and exhibit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082783
or cost savings. We suggest a united approach to measure competition and efficiency simultaneously to test this … hypothesis. We estimate bank-specific Lerner indices as measures of competition and test if cost and profit efficiency are … are small from an economical perspective. -- Savings banks ; competition ; efficiency ; quiet life hypothesis …
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This study investigates if the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) distorted price competition in U.S. banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013007774