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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464008303321

Autore

Boyd John H

Titolo

Bank competition, risk, and asset allocations [[electronic resource] /] / prepared by john H. Boyd, Gianni De Nicolò and Abu M. Jalal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., 2009

ISBN

1-4623-7595-2

1-4527-9648-3

1-282-84357-5

1-4518-7290-9

9786612843570

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (37 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/09/143

Altri autori (Persone)

De NicolóGianni

JalalAbu M

Soggetti

Banks and banking - Econometric models

Competition - Econometric models

Asset allocation

Risk management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"July 2009."

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; I. Introduction; II. The Model; Entrepreneurs; Depositors; Banks; Equilibrium; III. Evidence; A. Measurement of competition; B. Measurement of risk; C. Samples; D. Results for the U.S. Sample; E. Results for the International Sample; IV. Alternative Risk Measures; A. Loan Loss Measures of Risk; B. Actual Failures (or near failures) as the Dependent Variable; V. Conclusion; References; Tables; 1. U.S. Sample; 2. U.S. Sample Regressions; 3. International Sample; 4. International Sample Regressions; 5. U.S. Sample Loan Loss Measures; 6. International Sample Loan Loss Measures

7. International Sample: Proxy Measures of (near) Failure

Sommario/riassunto

We study a banking model in which banks invest in a riskless asset and compete in both deposit and risky loan markets. The model predicts



that as competition increases, both loans and assets increase; however, the effect on the loans-to-assets ratio is ambiguous. Similarly, as competition increases, the probability of bank failure can either increase or decrease. We explore these predictions empirically using a cross-sectional sample of 2,500 U.S. banks in 2003, and a panel data set of about 2600 banks in 134 non-industrialized countries for the period 1993-2004. With both samples, we find tha