Brazil : The Industry Structure of Banking Services
Understanding the industry structure of banking services in Brazil is an important task both for the financial community at large and for country specialists. The Brazilian financial system is the largest and most sophisticated in Latin America. Th...
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| Format: | Other Financial Sector Study |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/06/8945484/brazil-industry-structure-banking-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7668 |
| Summary: | Understanding the industry structure of
banking services in Brazil is an important task both for the
financial community at large and for country specialists.
The Brazilian financial system is the largest and most
sophisticated in Latin America. This study is organized into
five sections after the introduction, in line with the main
analytical building blocks, and complemented by appendices
that describe methodological aspects in more detail. Section
2 presents some stylized facts on the Brazilian banking
system and compares it to a peer group of countries. Section
3 describes and presents the results of the industrial
organization perspective (indirect approach). Section 4
presents the methodology and results -- including
sensitivity analysis -- of the direct approach. Section 5
identifies and discusses the characteristics and main
drivers of revenues, costs and risks by market segment,
while Section 6 concludes and presents policy implications. |
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