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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Economía
2015-05-01
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Series: | Ensayos Revista de Economía |
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Online Access: | http://ensayos.uanl.mx/index.php/ensayos/article/view/23 |