Bank competition and access to finance: international evidence

Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Vojislav Maksimovic

Proceedings, 2004, 627-654

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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