01767cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001626 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451852820 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Juan-Ramon, V. A Statistical Analysis of Banking Performance in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union in the 1990s / V. Juan-Ramon, Ruby Randall, Oral Williams. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001. 1 online resource (44 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 Private foreign banks dominate the banking system although their market share declined in the 1990s while that of private indigenous banks increased. The banking system was not concentrated either within or across countries. Stigler's survivor test indicated that large banks tended to reduce their scale over time. Private foreign and private indigenous banks exhibited similar distributions with respect to operating expenses but private foreign banks were most profitable. High interest rate spreads appeared attributable to higher average costs related to market size and geographic peculiarities. Mode of access: Internet Randall, Ruby. Williams, Oral. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/105 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2001/105/001.2001.issue-105-en.xml IMF e-Library