find that the introduction of free banking laws stimulated the creation of new banks and led to more bank failures. Our …

. A bottom-up analysis of 386 Italian banks suggests that while profitability is expected to improve as the economy …

banks. One concern is that big banks might be using their market power to charge higher lending rates as they become larger … is influenced by exploitation of market power or economies of scale. Using a panel of 162 African banks for 2001 − 2011 …

There is a growing body of evidence that interest rate spreads in Africa are higher for big banks compared to small … banks. One concern is that big banks might be using their market power to charge higher lending rates as they become larger … is influenced by exploitation of market power or economies of scale. Using a panel of 162 African banks for 2001–2011, we …

financial markets is incomplete and imprecise, remains. However, globally, FTT remains a commonly used tax. A cross …This paper attempts to address both theoretical and practical considerations for a tax such as financial transactions … taxes (FTT). It includes examples of FTT in the wider context, for example, on stocks and derivatives, currency transactions …

financial markets is incomplete and imprecise, remains. However, globally, FTT remains a commonly used tax. A cross …This paper attempts to address both theoretical and practical considerations for a tax such as financial transactions … taxes (FTT). It includes examples of FTT in the wider context, for example, on stocks and derivatives, currency transactions …

We present the "Tax Day Trade," a one day trade that gains an average of 1/2%. The trade was developed using the …