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of bank competition on firms' access to finance. We find that low competition, as measured by high values of the Lerner … firms' access to finance. In addition, the impact of competition on access to finance depends on the environment that banks … operate in: greater financial development and better credit information can mitigate the damaging impact of low competition …
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This study investigates the relationship between bank market power and firms’ financing constraints, indicated by the likelihood of being discouraged from applying for bank loans. The full data sample covers more than 72,000 small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in 113 countries around the...
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This paper discusses concentration in consumer credit markets with a focus on fintech lenders and residential mortgages. We present evidence that shows that concentration among fintech lenders is significantly higher than that for bank lenders and other nonbank lenders. The data also show that...
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The paper investigates the link between bank concentration and a country's buyout market. We perform a macro level analysis for 15 European countries during 1997-2007. We estimate the elasticity of the country i's buyout market to country i's concentration in the banking sector. Our major...
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The aim of the study is to estimate the level of competition and concentration in the Polish banking sector in 1997 …) have been used for the evaluation of competition. Concentration in the Polish banking industry was analysed by using … the degree of competition in the Polish banking market in the period between 1997-2007 followed a slight upward trend …
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