Foreign banks in poor countries : theory and evidence / / prepared by Enrica Detragiache, Thierry Tressel, and Poonam Gupta

• Autore: Detragiache Enrica
• Pubblicazione: [Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (50 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Banks and banking, Foreign - Developing countries; Banks and banking - Developing countries
• Altri autori: TresselThierry GuptaPoonam
• Note generali: "January 2006."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON FOREIGN BANKS IN POOR COUNTRIES""; ""III. CREAM-SKIMMING EFFECTS OF FOREIGN BANK ENTRY: THEORY""; ""IV. THE EMPIRICAL TEST: METHODOLOGY AND DATA""; ""V. RESULTS FROM THE EMPIRICAL TESTS""; ""VI. CONCLUSIONS""; ""Appendix I. Welfare Comparison under Alternative Equilibria""; ""Appendix II. Data Definitions, Sources, and Summary Statistics for Lower- Income Countries""; ""References""
• Sommario/riassunto: We study how foreign bank penetration affects financial sector development in poor countries. A theoretical model shows that when foreign banks are better at monitoring highend customers than domestic banks, their entry benefits those customers but may hurt other customers and worsen welfare. The model also predicts that credit to the private sector should be lower in countries with more foreign bank penetration. In the empirical section, we show that, in poor countries, a stronger foreign bank presence is robustly associated with less credit to the private sector both in cross-sectional and panel tests. In addition, in countries with more foreign bank penetration, credit growth is slower and there is less access to credit. We find no adverse effects of foreign bank presence in more advanced countries.
• Titolo autorizzato: Foreign Banks in Poor Countries
• ISBN: 1-4623-5082-8; 1-4519-9037-5; 1-283-51528-8; 9786613827739; 1-4519-0814-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826092103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF working paper ; ; WP/06/18.