The study assesses the how information sharing by means of mobile phones affects banking system efficiency in Africa … banking system efficiency. The following findings are established: (i) mobile phone penetration promotes banking system … efficiency in the 25th quantile and the median of banking system efficiency in low income countries while for middle income …

This paper integrates a previously missing wealth-effect component in the openness-finance debate. From a panel of 29 … financial) triggers less bank efficiency in low income countries than in their middle income counterparts. These findings … low and middle income African countries with data spanning from 1987 to 2008, we provide evidence that openness (trade and …

This paper integrates a previously missing wealth-effect component in the openness-finance debate. From a panel of 29 … financial) triggers less bank efficiency in low income countries than in their middle income counterparts. These findings … low and middle income African countries with data spanning from 1987 to 2008, we provide evidence that openness (trade and …

This paper integrates a previously missing wealth-effect component in the openness-finance debate. From a panel of 29 … financial) triggers less bank efficiency in low income countries than in their middle income counterparts. These findings … low and middle income African countries with data spanning from 1987 to 2008, we provide evidence that openness (trade and …

The study assesses the how information sharing by means of mobile phones affects banking system efficiency in Africa … banking system efficiency. The following findings are established: (i) mobile phone penetration promotes banking system … efficiency in the 25th quantile and the median of banking system efficiency in low income countries while for middle income …

This paper investigates the effects of ownership patterns on bank cost and profit efficiencies taking a sample of 607 …) stochastic frontier panel approaches, we obtain two principal results. First, foreign-owned banks are more profit and cost … from bank-level inefficiency but also from differences related to other bank- and country-specific factors. Specifically …

The study assesses the role of financial development on income inequality in a panel of 48 African countries for the … period 1996 to 2014. Financial development is defined in terms of depth (money supply and liquid liabilities), efficiency … (from banking and financial system perspectives), activity (at banking and financial system levels) and stability while …

The study assesses the role of financial development on income inequality in a panel of 48 African countries for the … period 1996 to 2014. Financial development is defined in terms of depth (money supply and liquid liabilities), efficiency … (from banking and financial system perspectives), activity (at banking and financial system levels) and stability while …