removing barriers to bank entry on bank competition and economic growth. As governments were not concerned about systemic … stability in this period, we are able to isolate the effects of bank competition from those of state implicit guarantees. We … states that retained state bank chartering policies. We argue that the fiercer bank competition following the introduction of …

inefficient bankruptcy procedures induce significant resource misallocation. A welcome deregulation of professional services is … sector regulators in network industries and the powers of the Competition Authority can still be enhanced, as the reform …

Historically South Africa has favoured incumbents/national champions over rivalry (competition) in the … telecommunications sector. However, the importance of competition has become more apparent with each new development in the sector. Given … the changes in this dynamic sector it is important to evaluate progress on regulating for competition and the obstacles to …