This study considers the efficiency of banking in Australia during the post-deregulation period 1988-2001. Since 1986 … banks have used size as a barrier to entry to the new entrants in the post-deregulation period. Furthermore, bank efficiency … seems to have increased post-deregulation and the competition resulting from diversity in bank types was important to prompt …

Using comprehensive loan-level data in China, we investigate how the deregulation on bank entry barriers alters local … deregulation are adversely mitigated by entrant banks' preferences for lending to SOEs over more productive private firms. This …

Using comprehensive loan-level data in China, we investigate how the deregulation on bank entry barriers alters local … deregulation are adversely mitigated by entrant banks’ preferences for lending to SOEs over more productive private firms. This …

We use firm-level data for France and Italy to explore the impact of service regulation reform implemented in the two …

We use firm-level data for France and Italy to explore the impact of service regulation reform implemented in the two … Italy and 3.5% for France …