This paper analyzes the monthly evolution of bank competition in Mexico from 2008 to 2019 using different measures …. Subsequently, we analyze whether the 2014 financial reform had an effect on some of our competition measures. We use ordinary and … supporting the idea that the reform had a positive average effect and increased banks competition intensity during a few years …

In this paper, we examine the influence of bank regulation, concentration, and financial and institutional development … on commercial bank margins and profitability across a broad selection of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries …. We cover the 1989-2005 period and control for a wide array of macroeconomic, financial, and bank characteristics. The …

Using comprehensive loan-level data in China, we investigate how the deregulation on bank entry barriers alters local …

Using comprehensive loan-level data in China, we investigate how the deregulation on bank entry barriers alters local …

Mexico. We classify a sample of tweets from 2006-2019 to identify messages in response to a positive or negative shock to the …

in Mexico. We classify a sample of tweets for the period 2006-2019 to identify messages in response to positive or …

competition in the financial sector. The analysis shows that it is not likely that standard products will increase competition in …

use of a detailed bank-level panel data set, and measuring competition using the PR-H-statistic and Lerner index for the … banking sector players. Thus implying those banks in Nigeria earned their revenue under conditions of monopolistic competition … inter-mediation cost in Nigeria. The findings lend support to the theoretical proposition that financial reforms and bank …

runs, and face a threat of entry. We show how shocks that increase bank competition or bank transparency increase deposit … rates, costly withdrawals, and thus bank fragility. Therefore, perfect competition is not socially optimal. We also propose … a theory of bank opacity. The cost of opacity is more withdrawals from a solvent bank, lowering bank profits. The …