Bank competition, risk, and asset allocations /
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,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , , |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
International Monetary Fund, Research Dept.,
2009.
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Colección: | IMF working paper ;
WP/09/143. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (35 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-28). |
ISBN: | 1451917198 9781451917192 9781451872903 1451872909 |
ISSN: | 2227-8885 ; |