The study investigates how financial sector transparency moderates the influence of financial crises on bank market power across seventy-five economies between 2004 and 2014. Employing two-step dynamic system generalized method of moments the study shows that while public sector-led financial...

Purpose - This study examined the roles of public spending and population moderating characteristic structure of selected African economies on bank-based financial development through credit to private sector. Design/methodology/approach - The study sampled 37 selected African economies for the...