Conference Paper
Bank competition and access to finance: international evidence
Abstract: Using a unique database for 74 countries and for firms of small, medium, and large size we assess the effect of banking market structure on the access of firms to bank finance. We find that bank concentration increases obstacles to obtaining finance, but only in countries with low levels of economic and institutional development.
Keywords: Bank competition;
Status: Published in Journal of money, credit, and banking, v. 36, no. 3, pt. 2, June 2004
Bibliographic Information
Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Part of Series: Proceedings
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 627-654