Transactions Costs and the Viability of Rural Financial Intermediaries

Teodoro S. Untalan and Carlos E. Cuevas

No WP 1988-18, Working Papers from Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Abstract: In its attempt to examine the transaction cost of banks, this study develops a method of estimating transaction cost for each bank activity. It also explains the differences and the composition cost among commercial private development and rural banks. Results in this paper is hoped to improve the efficient functioning of the formal financial system.

Keywords: transaction costs; financial sector; rural sector; financial intermediaries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 59
Date: 1988
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