for competition in 38 countries during 1980-2003, we present evidence that more competitive banking systems are less prone …

We study the transmission of financial sector shocks across borders through international bank connections. For this … countries experiencing systemic banking crises on bank profitability and loan supply. We find that direct exposures to crisis …

approaches and prudential considerations in fostering financial innovation and banking sector competition …

The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in … other countries, such as France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper finds competition in …. The degree of competition falls within the range of estimates for a set of comparator countries. Greater contestability …

''Afrique Centrale (CEMAC) and the level of bank competition at the regional level. Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative … excess liquidity in the region. Other data also indicate that bank competition within the CEMAC as a region is limited …

Recoveries vary considerably across countries: our paper compares recoveries in bank-based and market-based economies … and finds that market-based economies experience significantly and durably stronger rebounds than the bank-based ones (in … particular the more bank-based economies of continental Europe). Further, stronger recoveries also tend to be associated with …

bond returns are high. At the bank level, bondholdings correlate negatively with subsequent lending during sovereign …

the probability of financial crisis. It finds that greater tax bias is associated with significantly higher aggregate bank …