Etudes & documentsThis paper reviews the literature regarding the consequences of interbank competition. The literature has identified three reasons why competition in the financial sector is important: firstly, for efficient functioning of financial intermediaries and markets, secondly, for firms and households access to financial services and thirdly, for stability of the financial system. While special attention is dedicated to empirical papers focusing on African banking systems, this review also considers works on other developing and developed economies
The excessive cost of financial intermediation in the Sub-Saharan African banking sectors motivates ...
peer reviewedOver the last two decades, the unprecedented expansion of cross-border banking on the A...
This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed ...
Etudes & documentsThis paper reviews the literature regarding the consequences of interbank competit...
This thesis is concerned with the role of interbank competition in Africa. During the past decade, A...
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final ...
This paper examines the extent of banking competition in African subregional markets. A dynamic vers...
Purpose of the study: This paper investigates the impact of bank competition on access to finance by...
2005 This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expre...
This paper is an empirical analysis of competitiveness in the banking system of four out of the five...
This paper explores the relationship between bank competition and financial sector stability using 2...
peer reviewedThis article investigates how bank competition has evolved in Africa following the rece...
Over the last decades, the banking market has experienced various changes including the expansion of...
AbstractThis paper rigorously investigates the determinants of bank competition for 146 countries ov...
The worldwide trend towards consolidation of the financial sector has focused the atten-tion of poli...
The excessive cost of financial intermediation in the Sub-Saharan African banking sectors motivates ...
peer reviewedOver the last two decades, the unprecedented expansion of cross-border banking on the A...
This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed ...
Etudes & documentsThis paper reviews the literature regarding the consequences of interbank competit...
This thesis is concerned with the role of interbank competition in Africa. During the past decade, A...
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final ...
This paper examines the extent of banking competition in African subregional markets. A dynamic vers...
Purpose of the study: This paper investigates the impact of bank competition on access to finance by...
2005 This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expre...
This paper is an empirical analysis of competitiveness in the banking system of four out of the five...
This paper explores the relationship between bank competition and financial sector stability using 2...
peer reviewedThis article investigates how bank competition has evolved in Africa following the rece...
Over the last decades, the banking market has experienced various changes including the expansion of...
AbstractThis paper rigorously investigates the determinants of bank competition for 146 countries ov...
The worldwide trend towards consolidation of the financial sector has focused the atten-tion of poli...
The excessive cost of financial intermediation in the Sub-Saharan African banking sectors motivates ...
peer reviewedOver the last two decades, the unprecedented expansion of cross-border banking on the A...
This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed ...