A Cross-Country Nonparametric Analysis of Bahrain’s Banking System / Vlad Manole, David Grigorian.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Manole, Vlad.

Contributor:

Grigorian, David.

International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Department.

Series:

IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/117

IMF Working Papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking--Performance--Bahrain.

Banks and banking.

Banks and banking--Performance--Singapore.

Comparative economics.

Competition, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (17 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bahrain's financial sector development strategy succeeded in building a leading regional banking center, which has become one of the main engines of growth and sources of employment. Although the simulations conducted in the paper suggest that the banking sector in Bahrain continues to occupy a front-runner position among those in a sample of member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, they also reveal that: (i) as expected, banks in Bahrain still lag behind their Singaporean counterparts, and (ii) there is strong competition from other countries in the region. The paper also finds that in terms of scale efficiency, the banks in Bahrain operate at the same level as banks in Singapore and their closest competitors in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The results appear to be robust with respect to changes in the sample size and model specifications.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. METHODOLOGY""; ""III. RESULTS OF EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS""; ""IV. CONCLUSIONS""; ""References""

Notes:

"June 2005."

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613825049

9781462362950

1462362958

9781452726960

1452726965

9781283512596

1283512599

9781451906721

1451906722