Banking Competition and Capital Ratios /

We use data for more than 2,600 European banks to test whether increased competition causes banks to hold higher capital ratios. Employing panel data techniques, and distinguishing between the competitive conduct of small and large banks, we show that banks tend to hold higher capital ratios when op...

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Hlavní autor: Cihak, Martin
Další autoři: Schaeck, Klaus
Médium: Časopis
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Edice:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/216
On-line přístup:Full text available on IMF