Conference Paper
Competition and financial stability
Abstract: Competition policy in the banking sector is complicated by the necessity of maintaining financial stability. Greater competition may be good for (static) efficiency, but bad for financial stability. From the point of view of welfare economics, the relevant question is: what are the efficient levels of competition and financial stability? We use a variety of models to address this question and find that different models provide different answers. The relationship between competition and stability is complex: sometimes competition increases stability.
Keywords: Financial crises; Bank competition;
Status: Published in Journal of money, credit, and banking, v. 36, no. 3, pt. 2, June 2004
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Bibliographic Information
Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Part of Series: Proceedings
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 453-486