The nexus between ownership and competition in the banking sector is a major concern to policymakers around the world … but one that is rarely comprehensively examined. For 131 countries and 13 years we match bank ownership with over 50 …,000 bank-year estimates of individual bank market power. We find that ownership does not explain market power at the individual …

of bank competition on firms' access to finance. They find that low competition, as measured by high values of the Lerner … information, can mitigate the damaging impact of low competition. But other characteristics, such as high government bank … index, diminishes firms' access to finance, while commonly-used bank concentration measures are not robust predictors of …

of bank competition on firms' access to finance. We find that low competition, as measured by high values of the Lerner … index, diminishes firms' access to finance, while commonly-used bank concentration measures are not robust predictors of … firms' access to finance. In addition, the impact of competition on access to finance depends on the environment that banks …

of bank competition on firms' access to finance. They find that low competition, as measured by high values of the Lerner … information, can mitigate the damaging impact of low competition. But other characteristics, such as high government bank … index, diminishes firms' access to finance, while commonly-used bank concentration measures are not robust predictors of …