In this paper we study how competition and financial soundness affect financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA …). We use detailed individual-level survey data, combined with key country-level indicators of bank competition and …, and bank loans). We find that more competition tends to increase the probability of access to these financial products. On …

We investigate the trade-off between financial stability and competition policy by focusing on the merger of ABN AMRO … products using a random-coefficients logit model. On the supply side we assume Bertrand Nash competition in a multiproduct …

runs, and face a threat of entry. Higher competition increases deposit rates and bank fragility, resulting in an … intermediate socially optimal level of bank competition. We provide a novel theory of bank opacity. The cost of opacity is more …

Competition law compliance has become increasingly important in the banking industry as the number of infringements and … competition law infringements. Therefore, this article sets out an approach to assessing the residual risk of antitrust non …