Foreign banks in poor countries : theory and evidence /

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 mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Detragiache, Enrica (Autor), Tressel, Thierry (Autor), Gupta, Poonam (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund. Research Department
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Research Dept., 2006.
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/06/18.
Temas:
Banks and banking, Foreign > Developing countries.
Banks and banking > Developing countries.
Banks and banking
Banks and banking, Foreign
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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