investigate the intensity of key effects on bank competition as decomposed into specific bank activities. The sample comprises … literature of competition modeling has produced mixed results, the proposed methodology goes one step further in order to … the explanatory power of traditional collusion, relative market power and efficiency alongside other key controls on bank …

, a direct measure of the degree of competition (Lerner index) in the different markets is used. The results show that the …

This paper analyses the effects of concentration on profitability in the US banking sector from 1994-2005, using bank …-interest revenue, and reduce both interest and non-interest costs. Furthermore, concentration appears to depress bank deposit interest … rates and raise both lending rates and the interest rate spread. This suggests that bank concentration might have negative …

financial exclusion of nearly 3 billion people from the formal financial services across the world. With only 34% of population …

without reference to new activities, like establishing a bad bank, does not generate adverse incentives but may have higher …

Bank of Central African's States (BEAC). First, with a GMM adapted for a forward looking rule, we propose a reaction … function for this central bank. The result shows that from 1986 to 2006, the formulation of the monetary policy strongly …

, these differences in denial rates are significant only when the prospective lender is a commercial bank. …

controls for bank and time random effects. The longer a bank was entered into the deposit insurance system, the greater was its …

Attempt has been made to suggest a innovative idea for Tharparkar to establish a bank just like Grameen Bank. Concept …