The theoretical literature gives conflicting predictions on how bank competition should affect
financial stability, and dozens of researchers have attempted to evaluate the relationship …

We use data from the World Bank Global Findex database for 2011 to analyze financial
inclusion in China, including comparisons with the other BRICS countries. We find a high …

The Economics of Banking (Fourth Edition) examines trends and operations in banking
within a microeconomic framework. Covering a range of topics, including global trends in …

The existence of a trade-off between bank competition and financial stability has always
been a controversial issue, both among policy makers and academics. This paper …

This paper investigates the impact on financial stability of bank competition in emerging
markets by taking into account crisis periods. Based on a broad set of commercial banks in …

Abstract The 'competition–stability/fragility'nexus is one of the more debated issues in the
banking literature. However, while there is ample evidence concerning the relationship …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse the cross‐countries
determinants of nonperforming loans (NPLs), the potential impact of supervisory devices …

Purpose The study intends to determine the environment, social and governance (ESG)'s
impact on the firm's value. In addition, how ownership concentration (OC) and transparency …

This paper examines the relationships between competition, efficiency and stability in the
banking systems of four East Asian countries (China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Vietnam) …

Economic integration on the EU banking markets is expected to favor competition. However
no study has been performed in the 2000s showing this trend. In this paper, we aim to fill this …