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Bank competition, stability, and intervention quality

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  • Angelos Kanas
  • Hussein A. Hassan Al‐Tamimi
  • Mohamed Albaity
  • Ray Saadaoui Mallek

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We use a flexible semi‐parametric estimation approach and a sample of 7,227 U.S., U.K., and Canadian banks for 2009–2015 to provide evidence that banking stability is non‐linearly determined by competition. We show that stability is not monotonic against competition, and may increase and decrease at high competition, has a mixed behaviour at medium competition, and increases at low competition. This non‐monotonic stability behaviour at different competition levels is attributed to the intervention quality, which is found to be an important determinant of the competition–stability relation. It is non‐linearly related to and being revised at different competition levels. As intervention is a policy variable, its level can be adjusted to reduce the competition effects on stability. We illustrate that for the U.S. banking sector, the intervention quality has to hedge these competition effects. Regulators should treat intervention quality as a “hedging instrument” against the destabilizing competition effects.

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  • Angelos Kanas & Hussein A. Hassan Al‐Tamimi & Mohamed Albaity & Ray Saadaoui Mallek, 2019. "Bank competition, stability, and intervention quality," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 24(1), pages 568-587, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:ijfiec:v:24:y:2019:i:1:p:568-587
    DOI: 10.1002/ijfe.1680
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    1. H. Kent Baker & Satish Kumar & Kirti Goyal & Prashant Gupta, 2023. "International journal of finance and economics: A bibliometric overview," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(1), pages 9-46, January.
    2. Shah, Syed Faisal & Albaity, Mohamed, 2022. "The role of trust, investor sentiment, and uncertainty on bank stock return performance: Evidence from the MENA region," The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier, vol. 26(C).
    3. Ines Ghazouani & Nadia Basty, 2023. "Is the relationship between bank stability, competition, and intervention quality nonlinear? Evidence from North African countries," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 35(1), pages 38-51, March.
    4. Mohamed Albaity & Ray Saadaoui Mallek & Hussein A. Hassan Al‐Tamimi & Abu Hanifa Md. Noman, 2021. "Does competition lead to financial stability or financial fragility for Islamic and conventional banks? Evidence from the GCC countries," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(3), pages 4706-4722, July.

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