LEADER 03156nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910464232503321 005 20190228192950.0 010 $a1-4623-7797-1 010 $a1-4527-6521-9 010 $a1-282-84267-6 010 $a1-4518-7193-7 010 $a9786612842672 035 $a(CKB)3170000000055213 035 $a(EBL)1608203 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000940093 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11571943 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000940093 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10946573 035 $a(PQKB)10407436 035 $a(OCoLC)469135387 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1608203 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000055213 100 $a20100902d2009 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCompetition in the financial sector$b[electronic resource] $eoverview of competition policies /$fStijn Claessens 210 $a[Washington, D.C.] $cInternational Monetary Fund$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (37 p.) 225 1 $aIMF working paper ;$vWP/09/45 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4519-1628-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aD. 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 330 $aAs in other sectors, competition in finance matters for allocative, productive and dynamic efficiency. Theory suggests, however, that unfettered competition is not first best given the special features of finance. I review these analytics and describe how to assess the degree of competition in markets for financial services. Existing research shows that the degree of competition greatly varies across markets, largely driven by barriers to entry and exit. I argue that changes in financial services industries require updated competition policies and institutional arrangements, but that practices 410 0$aIMF working paper ;$vWP/09/45. 606 $aCompetition 606 $aFinance 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCompetition. 615 0$aFinance. 700 $aClaessens$b Stijn$0282431 712 02$aInternational Monetary Fund. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464232503321 996 $aCompetition in the financial sector$92110735 997 $aUNINA