Bank Competition, Concentration, and Credit Reporting

This paper explores the empirical relationship between bank competition, bank concentration, and the emergence of credit reporting institutions. The authors find that countries with lower entry barriers into the banking market (that is, a greater t...

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Main Authors: Bruhn, Miriam, Farazi, Subika, Kanz, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17705268/bank-competition-concentration-credit-reporting
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15583
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topic ACCESS TO FINANCE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADVERSE SELECTION
AMOUNT OF CAPITAL
ASSETS
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
AUTOMATIC STAY
AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT
BANK COMPETITION
BANK ENTRY
BANKING MARKET
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SYSTEMS
BANKRUPT
BANKRUPT FIRM
BANKS
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BORROWER
BORROWER BEHAVIOR
BORROWING
BRITISH LEGAL ORIGIN
BUSINESS CREDIT
CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
CENTRAL BANK
COLLATERAL
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CREDIT BUREAU
CREDIT BUREAUS
CREDIT HISTORY
CREDIT INFORMATION
CREDIT MARKET
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDIT RATIONING
CREDIT REGISTRIES
CREDIT REGISTRY
CREDIT REPORTING
CREDIT REPORTING SYSTEMS
CREDIT RISK
CREDIT RISKS
CREDIT SCORES
CREDITOR
CREDITOR CONSENT
CREDITOR RIGHTS
CREDITORS
CREDITWORTHINESS
DEBTOR
DEBTORS
DEFAULT INFORMATION
DEFAULT RISK
DEFAULTS
DEPENDENT
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIVIDENDS
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
ENTRY BARRIERS
EXISTING CREDIT
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL REGULATORS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FINANCING CONSTRAINTS
FIRST CREDIT
FOREIGN BANK
FOREIGN BANKS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOVERNMENT BANKS
GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES
GROUPS OF LENDERS
GUARANTEED ACCESS
IMPLICIT GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES
INCOME
INCOME GROUPS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INFORMATION ON BORROWERS
INFORMATION SHARING
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS
LARGE BANKS
LAWS
LEGAL ORIGIN
LEGAL ORIGINS
LEGAL RIGHTS
LEGAL RIGHTS OF CREDITORS
LENDER
LENDERS
LENDING INSTITUTIONS
LEVELS OF CREDIT
LOAN
LOAN REPAYMENT
LOAN VOLUME
LOAN VOLUMES
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOCAL MARKET
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET EFFICIENCY
MARKET ENTRY
MARKET FOR CREDIT
MARKET INFORMATION
MARKET SHARE
MARKET ­ COMPETITION
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
MONOPOLY
MONOPOLY RENTS
MORAL HAZARD
NATIONAL BANKS
NEW ENTRANTS
NEW MARKET
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
POSITIVE COEFFICIENT
POTENTIAL BORROWERS
PRIVATE CREDIT
PRIVATE CREDIT BUREAU
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
PRUDENTIAL REGULATION
PUBLIC CREDIT
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REORGANIZATION
REPAYMENT
REPAYMENT BEHAVIOR
REPAYMENT HISTORY
REPAYMENT RATES
RETURNS
SHARE OF ASSETS
STRONG CREDITOR RIGHTS
SYSTEMIC STABILITY
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION
spellingShingle ACCESS TO FINANCE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADVERSE SELECTION
AMOUNT OF CAPITAL
ASSETS
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
AUTOMATIC STAY
AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT
BANK COMPETITION
BANK ENTRY
BANKING MARKET
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SYSTEMS
BANKRUPT
BANKRUPT FIRM
BANKS
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BORROWER
BORROWER BEHAVIOR
BORROWING
BRITISH LEGAL ORIGIN
BUSINESS CREDIT
CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
CENTRAL BANK
COLLATERAL
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CREDIT BUREAU
CREDIT BUREAUS
CREDIT HISTORY
CREDIT INFORMATION
CREDIT MARKET
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDIT RATIONING
CREDIT REGISTRIES
CREDIT REGISTRY
CREDIT REPORTING
CREDIT REPORTING SYSTEMS
CREDIT RISK
CREDIT RISKS
CREDIT SCORES
CREDITOR
CREDITOR CONSENT
CREDITOR RIGHTS
CREDITORS
CREDITWORTHINESS
DEBTOR
DEBTORS
DEFAULT INFORMATION
DEFAULT RISK
DEFAULTS
DEPENDENT
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIVIDENDS
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
ENTRY BARRIERS
EXISTING CREDIT
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL REGULATORS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
FINANCING CONSTRAINTS
FIRST CREDIT
FOREIGN BANK
FOREIGN BANKS
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOVERNMENT BANKS
GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES
GROUPS OF LENDERS
GUARANTEED ACCESS
IMPLICIT GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES
INCOME
INCOME GROUPS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INFORMATION ON BORROWERS
INFORMATION SHARING
INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS
LARGE BANKS
LAWS
LEGAL ORIGIN
LEGAL ORIGINS
LEGAL RIGHTS
LEGAL RIGHTS OF CREDITORS
LENDER
LENDERS
LENDING INSTITUTIONS
LEVELS OF CREDIT
LOAN
LOAN REPAYMENT
LOAN VOLUME
LOAN VOLUMES
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOCAL MARKET
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET EFFICIENCY
MARKET ENTRY
MARKET FOR CREDIT
MARKET INFORMATION
MARKET SHARE
MARKET ­ COMPETITION
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
MONOPOLY
MONOPOLY RENTS
MORAL HAZARD
NATIONAL BANKS
NEW ENTRANTS
NEW MARKET
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
POSITIVE COEFFICIENT
POTENTIAL BORROWERS
PRIVATE CREDIT
PRIVATE CREDIT BUREAU
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
PRUDENTIAL REGULATION
PUBLIC CREDIT
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REORGANIZATION
REPAYMENT
REPAYMENT BEHAVIOR
REPAYMENT HISTORY
REPAYMENT RATES
RETURNS
SHARE OF ASSETS
STRONG CREDITOR RIGHTS
SYSTEMIC STABILITY
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TRANSITION COUNTRIES
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION
Bruhn, Miriam
Farazi, Subika
Kanz, Martin
Bank Competition, Concentration, and Credit Reporting
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6442
description This paper explores the empirical relationship between bank competition, bank concentration, and the emergence of credit reporting institutions. The authors find that countries with lower entry barriers into the banking market (that is, a greater threat of competition) are less likely to have a credit bureau, presumably because banks are less willing to share proprietary information when the threat of market entry is high. In addition, a credit bureau is significantly less likely to emerge in economies characterized by a high degree of bank concentration. The authors argue that the reason for this finding is that large banks stand to lose more monopoly rents from sharing their extensive information with smaller players. In contrast, the data show no significant relationship between bank competition or concentration and the emergence of a public credit registry, where banks' participation is mandatory. The results highlight that policies designed to promote the voluntary creation of a credit bureau need to take into account banks' incentives to extract monopoly rents from proprietary credit information.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Bruhn, Miriam
Farazi, Subika
Kanz, Martin
author_facet Bruhn, Miriam
Farazi, Subika
Kanz, Martin
author_sort Bruhn, Miriam
title Bank Competition, Concentration, and Credit Reporting
title_short Bank Competition, Concentration, and Credit Reporting
title_full Bank Competition, Concentration, and Credit Reporting
title_fullStr Bank Competition, Concentration, and Credit Reporting
title_full_unstemmed Bank Competition, Concentration, and Credit Reporting
title_sort bank competition, concentration, and credit reporting
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17705268/bank-competition-concentration-credit-reporting
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15583
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spelling okr-10986-155832021-04-23T14:03:19Z Bank Competition, Concentration, and Credit Reporting Bruhn, Miriam Farazi, Subika Kanz, Martin ACCESS TO FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ADVERSE SELECTION AMOUNT OF CAPITAL ASSETS ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AUTOMATIC STAY AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT BANK COMPETITION BANK ENTRY BANKING MARKET BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEMS BANKRUPT BANKRUPT FIRM BANKS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BORROWER BORROWER BEHAVIOR BORROWING BRITISH LEGAL ORIGIN BUSINESS CREDIT CAPITAL REQUIREMENT CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CENTRAL BANK COLLATERAL CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CREDIT BUREAU CREDIT BUREAUS CREDIT HISTORY CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT MARKET CREDIT MARKETS CREDIT RATIONING CREDIT REGISTRIES CREDIT REGISTRY CREDIT REPORTING CREDIT REPORTING SYSTEMS CREDIT RISK CREDIT RISKS CREDIT SCORES CREDITOR CREDITOR CONSENT CREDITOR RIGHTS CREDITORS CREDITWORTHINESS DEBTOR DEBTORS DEFAULT INFORMATION DEFAULT RISK DEFAULTS DEPENDENT DEPOSIT DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVIDENDS DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS RESEARCH ENTRY BARRIERS EXISTING CREDIT FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL REGULATORS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL STABILITY FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FINANCING CONSTRAINTS FIRST CREDIT FOREIGN BANK FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT BANKS GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES GROUPS OF LENDERS GUARANTEED ACCESS IMPLICIT GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFORMATION ON BORROWERS INFORMATION SHARING INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS LARGE BANKS LAWS LEGAL ORIGIN LEGAL ORIGINS LEGAL RIGHTS LEGAL RIGHTS OF CREDITORS LENDER LENDERS LENDING INSTITUTIONS LEVELS OF CREDIT LOAN LOAN REPAYMENT LOAN VOLUME LOAN VOLUMES LOCAL CURRENCY LOCAL MARKET MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET EFFICIENCY MARKET ENTRY MARKET FOR CREDIT MARKET INFORMATION MARKET SHARE MARKET ­ COMPETITION MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENT MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS MONOPOLY MONOPOLY RENTS MORAL HAZARD NATIONAL BANKS NEW ENTRANTS NEW MARKET OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POTENTIAL BORROWERS PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE CREDIT BUREAU PROPRIETARY INFORMATION PRUDENTIAL REGULATION PUBLIC CREDIT REGRESSION ANALYSIS REORGANIZATION REPAYMENT REPAYMENT BEHAVIOR REPAYMENT HISTORY REPAYMENT RATES RETURNS SHARE OF ASSETS STRONG CREDITOR RIGHTS SYSTEMIC STABILITY TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION This paper explores the empirical relationship between bank competition, bank concentration, and the emergence of credit reporting institutions. The authors find that countries with lower entry barriers into the banking market (that is, a greater threat of competition) are less likely to have a credit bureau, presumably because banks are less willing to share proprietary information when the threat of market entry is high. In addition, a credit bureau is significantly less likely to emerge in economies characterized by a high degree of bank concentration. The authors argue that the reason for this finding is that large banks stand to lose more monopoly rents from sharing their extensive information with smaller players. In contrast, the data show no significant relationship between bank competition or concentration and the emergence of a public credit registry, where banks' participation is mandatory. The results highlight that policies designed to promote the voluntary creation of a credit bureau need to take into account banks' incentives to extract monopoly rents from proprietary credit information. 2013-09-04T17:02:26Z 2013-09-04T17:02:26Z 2013-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17705268/bank-competition-concentration-credit-reporting http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15583 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6442 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research