Using a sample of US banks between 2001 and 2013, this paper investigates the impact of competition on bank efficiency … on efficiency, and the effect of the interaction between competition and securitization on efficiency. We confirm that … higher competition reduces efficiency. More importantly, our empirical findings suggest that banks securitizing their loans …

This paper investigates the different effects of competition and securitization on US bank efficiency between 2001 and … that higher securitization increases banks’ cost efficiency scores. When banks are under competitive pressure, the fixed …-effects and GMM models show that securitization is positively associated with the cost efficiency of banks, while it mitigates …

Purpose: The goal of this study is to investigate the empirical effect between competitiveness and FDI inflow in ASEAN … member countries over the period 2007-2017. Design/methodology/approach: The effect of competitiveness and foreign direct … the majority of ASEAN countries have a strong and positive association between competitiveness and the FDI inflow …

, we examine whether strengthening the competitiveness of the US economy in order to boost the country's exports …