Banking Competition and Capital Ratios /

We use data for more than 2,600 European banks to test whether increased competition causes banks to hold higher capital ratios. Employing panel data techniques, and distinguishing between the competitive conduct of small and large banks, we show that banks tend to hold higher capital ratios when op...

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Главный автор: Cihak, Martin
Другие авторы: Schaeck, Klaus
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/216
Online-ссылка:Full text available on IMF