Bank Ownership, Market Structure and Risk /

This paper presents a model of a banking industry with heterogeneous banks that delivers predictions on the relationship between banks' risk of failure, market structure, bank ownership, and banks' screening and bankruptcy costs. These predictions are explored empirically using a panel of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Nicolo, Gianni
Other Authors: Loukoianova, Elena
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/215
Online Access:Full text available on IMF