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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960891303321

Autore

Claessens Stijn

Titolo

Competition in the Financial Sector : : Overview of Competition Policies / / Stijn Claessens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

9786612842672

9781462377978

1462377971

9781452765211

1452765219

9781282842670

1282842676

9781451871937

1451871937

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (37 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Disciplina

384.29134

Soggetti

Competition

Finance

Banking

Banks and Banking

Banks and banking

Banks and banking, Foreign

Banks

Commercial banks

Depository Institutions

Economic sectors

Finance: General

Financial Institutions and Services: General

Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation

Financial institutions

Financial markets

Financial sector

Financial services industry

Financial services

Foreign banks

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation

Industries: Financial Services



Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Nature and Status of Financial Sector Competition; A. Effects of Competition in the Financial Sector: Theory; Development and Efficiency, Static and Dynamic; Access to Financial Services; Stability; B. The Determinants of Competition and Assessing Competition: Theory and Empirics; Theory of the Determinants of Competition; Empirical Approaches to Measure Competition; The Pazar and Rosse Methodology; C. Empirical Approaches to Explain Competition; Other Empirical Regularities; Country and Regional Studies; Cross-country Studies; Internationalization

D. Tools to Analyze E. Current Status; III. Implication for Competition Policy in the Financial Sector; A. Approaches; B. Institutional Arrangements; IV. Conclusion; References; Tables; 1. PR-Measures (H-statistics) of Competitiveness of Banking Systems Around the World

Sommario/riassunto

As in other sectors, competition in finance matters for allocative, productive and dynamic efficiency. Theory suggests, however, that unfettered competition is not first best given the special features of finance. I review these analytics and describe how to assess the degree of competition in markets for financial services. Existing research shows that the degree of competition greatly varies across markets, largely driven by barriers to entry and exit. I argue that changes in financial services industries require updated competition policies and institutional arrangements, but that practices still fall short. Furthermore, I show that developing countries face some specific competition challenges.