Bank Competition in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region

Bank Competition in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region

This paper studies the extent of bank competition in the Middle East and Northern Africa region during 1994-2008, using non-structural measures of competition such as the H-statistic and the Lerner index. Both these measures suggest that banking se...

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Main Authors:	Anzoategui, Diego, Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad, Rocha, Roberto
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ADVERSE SELECTION BALANCE SHEET BANK ASSETS BANK COMPETITION BANK MERGERS BANK REGULATION BANKING INDUSTRY BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS BANKS BARRIER BARRIER TO ENTRY BARRIERS TO ENTRY CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL REQUIREMENT CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CAPITALIZATION COMMERCIAL BANKING COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS CONSOLIDATION CONTESTABILITY CONTESTABLE MARKETS COUNTRY COMPARISONS CREDIT INFORMATION CRISES DEPOSITS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DRIVERS ECONOMICS EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKETS EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK FINANCIAL COSTS FINANCIAL FRAGILITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FINANCIAL SYSTEM GROSS REVENUES INCOME INFORMATION SERVICE INPUT PRICE INPUT PRICES INSURANCE INTEREST EXPENSES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS LAWS LIQUIDITY MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARKET POWER MARKET STRUCTURE MONEY MARKET MONOPOLY MUTUAL FUNDS OUTPUT OUTPUTS PENSION PENSION FUNDS PERFECT COMPETITION PERSONNEL EXPENSES PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT RETURN ON ASSETS SAVINGS SAVINGS BANKS SHARE OF ASSETS SHAREHOLDERS SOURCES OF FUNDS STOCK MARKET STOCK MARKET CAPITALIZATION STOCK MARKETS TAX TAX RETURN UNION
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100719161024 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3846

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