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The role of financial sector competition for monetary policy

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  • Edgar A. Ghossoub
  • Thanarak Laosuthi
  • Robert R. Reed

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In this paper, we examine the impact of competition in the banking industry on financial market activity. In particular, we explore this issue in a setting where banks simultaneously insure individuals against liquidity risk and offer loans to promote intertemporal consumption smoothing. In addition, spatial separation and private information generate a transactions role for money. Interestingly, we demonstrate that the industrial organization of the financial system bears significant implications for the effects of monetary policy. Under perfect competition, higher rates of money growth lead to lower interest rates and a higher volume of lending activity. In contrast, in a monopoly banking sector, money growth restricts the availability of funds and raises the cost of borrowing. Dans ce mémoire, on examine l’impact de la concurrence dans l’industrie bancaire sur l’activité du marché financier. En particulier, on explore ce problème dans un cadre où les banques à la fois assurent les individus contre les risques attachés à la liquidité et offrent des prêts pour promouvoir un assouplissement inter temporel de la consommation. De plus, la séparation spatiale et l’information privée génèrent un rôle de facilitation des transactions pour la monnaie. On montre que l’organisation industrielle du système financier a un impact significatif sur les effets de la politique monétaire. En concurrence parfaite, des hauts taux de croissance de la masse monétaire entraînent des taux d’intérêt plus bas et un plus fort volume d’activité de prêts. Au contraire, dans un secteur bancaire monopoliste, la croissance monétaire restreint la disponibilité de fonds et accroît les coûts de l’emprunt.

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  • Edgar A. Ghossoub & Thanarak Laosuthi & Robert R. Reed, 2012. "The role of financial sector competition for monetary policy," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(1), pages 270-287, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:canjec:v:45:y:2012:i:1:p:270-287
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2011.01695.x
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