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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Prif Awdur: Cihak, Martin
Awduron Eraill: Schaeck, Klaus
Fformat: Cylchgrawn
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Cyfres:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/216
Mynediad Ar-lein:Full text available on IMF