This dissertation investigates how credit institutions’ market power limits the effects of creditor protection rules on the interest rate and the spread of bank loans. We use the Brazilian Bankruptcy Reform of June/2005 (BBR) as a legal event affecting the institutional environment of the Brazilian credit market. The law augments creditor protection and aims to improve the access of firms to the credit market and to reduce the cost of borrowing. Either access to credit or the credit cost are also determined by bank industry competition and the market power of suppliers of credit. We derive a simple economic model to study the effect of market power interacting with cost of lending. Using an accounting and operations dataset from July/2004 t...
The interest rates charged by banks have been constantly criticized by the public opinion and are a ...
Corporate banking credit in Brazil. This article aims to analyse the evolution of the corporate bank...
The objective of this paper is to achieve empirical evidences which support the importance of bank l...
This thesis contains three chapters, each bringing an essay on credit markets and on the institution...
This study examines possible impacts in the Brazilian credit market as a result of the portability r...
In early 2005 a new bankruptcy law was approved by the Brazilian Congress, taking effect a few month...
The literature has been discussing for a long time the influence of monetary policy in the achieveme...
AbstractThe debate on the strategy of banking spread reduction in Brazil has been extended for a lon...
The main objective of this dissertation is to investigate if there is positive relationship between ...
Neste artigo, o objetivo é rever os testes empíricos existentes para o grau de competição no setor b...
The Brazilian banking system is among the most developed and most concentrated in the world. After s...
The total volume of loans in Brazil increased from 24.3% of GDP in January 2004 to 49% of GDP in Dec...
It is essential that the financial intermediaries operate well in order to offer financial products ...
O objetivo desta tese é testar a hipótese de que mudanças na política monetária afetam o montante de...
In the last years, credit market has shown strong growth since interest rates and bank spreads have ...
The interest rates charged by banks have been constantly criticized by the public opinion and are a ...
Corporate banking credit in Brazil. This article aims to analyse the evolution of the corporate bank...
The objective of this paper is to achieve empirical evidences which support the importance of bank l...
This thesis contains three chapters, each bringing an essay on credit markets and on the institution...
This study examines possible impacts in the Brazilian credit market as a result of the portability r...
In early 2005 a new bankruptcy law was approved by the Brazilian Congress, taking effect a few month...
The literature has been discussing for a long time the influence of monetary policy in the achieveme...
AbstractThe debate on the strategy of banking spread reduction in Brazil has been extended for a lon...
The main objective of this dissertation is to investigate if there is positive relationship between ...
Neste artigo, o objetivo é rever os testes empíricos existentes para o grau de competição no setor b...
The Brazilian banking system is among the most developed and most concentrated in the world. After s...
The total volume of loans in Brazil increased from 24.3% of GDP in January 2004 to 49% of GDP in Dec...
It is essential that the financial intermediaries operate well in order to offer financial products ...
O objetivo desta tese é testar a hipótese de que mudanças na política monetária afetam o montante de...
In the last years, credit market has shown strong growth since interest rates and bank spreads have ...
The interest rates charged by banks have been constantly criticized by the public opinion and are a ...
Corporate banking credit in Brazil. This article aims to analyse the evolution of the corporate bank...
The objective of this paper is to achieve empirical evidences which support the importance of bank l...