Purpose - This article analyses the effect of bank concentration on women's political empowerment in 80 developing … the three largest commercial banks as a percentage of total commercial bank assets in a country. We use several indices to … credit registries and private credit bureaus) mitigate the negative effect of bank concentration on women's political …

The paper analyzes the relationship between bank competition and stability, with a specific focus on the Middle East … and North Africa. Price competition has a positive effect on bank liquidity, as it induces self-discipline incentives on … banks for the choice of bank funding sources and for the holding of liquid assets. On the other hand, price competition may …

, integrating non-bank financial entities, and exploring the use of agent-based models. As well, macroprudential stress tests should …

We examine the effect of bank capital levels on firm investment drawing on a sample of 11,106 non-financial firms from … 2007 to 2013 in 16 advanced economies. We examine two measures of bank capital adequacy, the Tier 1 ratio and a simple …, suggesting that bank balance sheets and their willingness to extend credit can be an important factor in determining aggregate …

financial accelerator, where bank balance sheets do not play a prominent role, and GIMF with both a financial accelerator and a …