| Description |
1 online resource (25 pages) : illustrations |
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IMF working paper ; WP/12/32 |
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IMF working paper ; WP/12/32.
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| Contents |
Cover; Abstract; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Measuring the Degree of Competition in the EAC; A. Structural Measures of Competition; Figures; 1. EAC: Financial Intermediation; Tables; 1. Bank Regulation of EAC Countries; B. Empirical Measures of Competition; 2. EAC: Indicators of Market Structure and Performance; Data; The Lerner Index; 3. Kenya and South Africa: Indicators of Liquidity in the Banking System, 2001-2010; The Panzar and Rosse H-statistic as an Alternative Measure of Competition in the EAC; III. Determinants of Competition in the EAC Banking System; Empirical Analysis |
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2. Cross-Country Determinants of the Lerner Index4. Measures of Competition in Banking Systems around the world; 3. Comparing the Lerner Index in Large vs. Other Banks; 4. Comparing the Lerner Index in Foreign vs. Other Banks; IV. Conclusion and Policy Recommendations; References; Appendix: Structure of the Banking System |
| Summary |
This paper is an empirical analysis of competitiveness in the banking system of four out of the five East African Community (EAC) countries. The results show that the degree of competition is low due to a combination of structural and socio-economic factors. By way of preview, the analysis ranks the countries in terms of banking sector competitiveness in the following order: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda |
| Notes |
At head of title: African Department |
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Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed January 26, 2012) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Banks and banking -- Africa, Eastern -- Econometric models
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Competition -- Africa, Eastern -- Econometric models
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Banks and banking -- Econometric models
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Competition -- Econometric models
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Eastern Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gaertner, Matthew, author.
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International Monetary Fund. African Department, issuing body.
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