The relationship between bank competition and financial stability: a case study of the Mexican banking industry

This paper tests both the competition-fragility and competition-stability hypotheses in the Mexican banking sector for the period 2001-2008. In order to account for the degree of competition we use Lerner index, and the Z-index and the ratio of non-performing loans to total loans as proxies of finan...

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Main Authors: Raúl Osvaldo Fernández, Jesús G. Garza-García
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Economía 2015-05-01
Series:Ensayos Revista de Economía
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Online Access:http://ensayos.uanl.mx/index.php/ensayos/article/view/23