Interest Spreads in Banking : Costs, Financial Taxation, Market Power, and Loan Quality in the Colombian Case 1974-96 /

This paper examines the determinants of the high intermediation spread observed in the Colombian banking sector for over two decades. A reduced-form equation is estimated on the basis of a bank profit maximization model that permits a decomposition into operational costs, financial taxation, market...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Barajas, Adolfo
Andere auteurs: Salazar, Natalia, Steiner, Roberto
Formaat: Tijdschrift
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Reeks:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/110
Online toegang:Full text available on IMF