Bank ownership : trends and implications /

Cull, Robert,

Bank ownership : trends and implications / by Robert Cull, Maria Soledad Martinez Peria and Jeanne Verrier. - 1 online resource (49 pages) : illustrations (some color), graphs, tables. - IMF Working Papers . - IMF Working Papers. .

This paper presents recent trends in bank ownership across countries and summarizes the evidence regarding the implications of bank ownership structure for bank performance and competition, financial stability, and access to finance. The evidence reviewed suggests that foreign-owned banks are more efficient than domestic banks in developing countries, promote competition in host banking sectors, and help stabilize credit when host countries face idiosyncratic shocks. But there are tradeoffs, since foreign-owned banks can transmit external shocks and might not always expand access to credit. The record on the impact of government bank ownership suggests few benefits, especially for developing countries.

147558816X 9781475588163

1018-5941

10.5089/9781475588125.001 doi

1004678 MIL


Banks and banking, Foreign.
Banks and banking, Foreign.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance


Electronic books.

HG1572

332.1

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