Are More Competitive Banking Systems More Stable? /

This paper provides the first empirical analysis of the cross-country relationship between a direct measure of competitive conduct of financial institutions and banking system fragility. Using the Panzar and Rosse H-Statistic as a measure for competition in 38 countries during 1980-2003, we present...

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Hovedforfatter: Cihak, Martin
Andre forfattere: Schaeck, Klaus, Wolfe, Simon
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/143
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