Bank competition and financial stability.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Secretary-General.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs.

OECD iLibrary.

Series:

Policy research working papers ; 4696.

World Bank e-Library.

Policy research working paper ; 4696

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking.

Banks and banking--Econometric models.

Banks and banking--Government policy.

Economic stabilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (87 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Paris] : OECD, c2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

"Under the traditional "competition-fragility" view, more bank competition erodes market power, decreases profit margins, and results in reduced franchise value that encourages bank risk taking. Under the alternative "competition-stability" view, more market power in the loan market may result in greater bank risk as the higher interest rates charged to loan customers make it more difficult to repay loans and exacerbate moral hazard and adverse selection problems. But even if market power in the loan market results in riskier loan portfolios, the overall risks of banks need not increase if banks protect their franchise values by increasing their equity capital or engaging in other risk-mitigating techniques. The authors test these theories by regressing measures of loan risk, bank risk, and bank equity capital on several measures of market power, as well as indicators of the business environment, using data for 8,235 banks in 23 developed nations. The results suggest that - consistent with the traditional "competition-fragility" view - banks with a greater degree of market power also have less overall risk exposure. The data also provide some support for one element of the "competition-stability" view - that market power increases loan portfolio risk. The authors show that this risk may be offset in part by higher equity capital ratios. "--World Bank web site.

Contents:

Bank competition and government guarantees

Bibliography

Competition in derivative markets and financial stability

Competition in retail banking and financial stability

Abbreviations and acronyms

Introduction

Foreword.

Notes:

"This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD"--T.p. verso.

"Corrigenda to OECD publications may be found online at: www.oecd.org/publishing/corrigenda"--T.p. verso.

"The report has been prepared by members of the Directorate of Financial and Enterprise Affairs at the OECD"--Foreword.

OECD-code: 21 2011 03 1 P.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83).

ISBN:

1-283-36436-0

9786613364364

92-64-12056-4

OCLC:

756122614

Publisher Number:

10.1596/1813-9450-4696