Assessing Bank Competition within the East African Community /

This paper is an empirical analysis of competitiveness in the banking system of four out of the five East African Community (EAC) countries2. The results show that the degree of competition is low due to a combination of structural and socio-economic factors. By way of preview, the analysis ranks th...

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Main Author: Sanya, Sarah
Other Authors: Gaertner, Matthew
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/032
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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