01527cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000336 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451845938 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Canonero, Gustavo. Bank Concentration and the Supply of Credit in Argentina / Gustavo Canonero. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997. 1 online resource (19 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper examines the effects on the supply of credit of the concentration of financial institutions in Argentina that followed the crisis caused by the December 1994 devaluation of the Mexican peso. While the concentration process may have improved the efficiency of domestic financial intermediation, the analysis suggests that, due to the presence of information asymmetries in the banking sector, it also may have contributed to the contraction in bank lending observed during 1995. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/040 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1997/040/001.1997.issue-040-en.xml IMF e-Library