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Italy; Assessing Competition and Efficiency in the Banking System

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

dealing with weak banks and other merger and acquisition reviews focus on stability and competition objectives. …

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Bank Risk-Taking and Competition Revisited

Nicoló, Gianni De; Boyd, John H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This study reinvestigates the theoretical relationship between competition in banking and banks' exposure to risk of failure. There is a large existing literature that concludes that when banks are confronted with increased competition, they rationally choose more risky portfolios. We briefly...

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Competition in Indian Banking

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...

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Bank Efficiency and Competition in Low-Income Countries; The Case of Uganda

Hauner, David; Peiris, Shanaka J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

There is a concern that the state-dominated, inefficient, and fragile banking systems in many low-income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, are a major hindrance to economic growth. This paper systematically analyzes the impact of the far-reaching banking sector reforms undertaken in...

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Consolidation and Market Structure in Emerging Market Banking Systems

Gelos, Gaston; Roldos, Jorge - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

This paper examines the evolution of market structure in emerging market banking systems during the 1990s. While significant bank consolidation has been taking place in these countries, reflected in a sharp decline in the number of banks, this process has not systematically been associated with...

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Denmark; Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Competition in the Banking Sector

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

This technical note analyzes the competition in the banking sector in Denmark. It reveals that Denmark has a fairly competitive and efficient banking sector. Measured by various indicators, efficiency of banking intermediation has been improving in recent years. The banking sector has become...

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Is China Over-Investing and Does it Matter?

Lee, Il Houng; Syed, Murtaza H.; Xueyan, Liu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

Now close to 50 percent of GDP, this paper assesses the appropriateness of Chinaâ€™s current investment levels. It finds that Chinaâ€™s capital-to-output ratio is within the range of other emerging markets, but its economic growth rates stand out, partly due to a surge in investment...

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Dissecting Saving Dynamics; Measuring Wealth, Precautionary, and Credit Effects

Carroll, Christopher; Sommer, Martin; Slacalek, Jiri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

€˜buffer stockâ€™ model of optimal consumption in the presence of labor income uncertainty and credit constraints. Saving in the model … uncertainty. An estimated structural version of the model suggests that increased credit availability accounts for most of the … saving rateâ€™s long-term decline, while fluctuations in net wealth and uncertainty capture the bulk of the business …

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Factor Endowment, Structural Coherence, and Economic Growth

Che, Natasha Xingyuan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This paper studies the linkage between structural coherence and economic growth. Structural coherence is defined as the degree that a country's industrial structure optimally reflects its factor endowment fundamentals. The paper found that at least for the overall capital, the shares of capital...

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Chile's Structural Fiscal Surplus Rule; A Model-Based Evaluation

Kumhof, Michael; Laxton, Douglas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

output volatility (relative to inflation volatility) in his/her objective function. A more aggressive countercyclical fiscal … rule can attain lower output volatility, but there is a trade-off with (somewhat) higher inflation volatility and (much …) higher volatility of fiscal variables. Second, given its current stock of government assets, Chile's adoption of a 0 …

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