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Competition and Market Power in the Latin American Banking Sector

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  • Lluberas, Rodrigo

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The functioning of the banking sector is key for economic growth. In this paper, we first gather banks' balance sheet monthly regulatory information in a consistent manner for seven Latin American countries. Second, we estimate lending markups and deposits markdowns in each country over time. Third, with the estimated markups and markdowns in the different countries we study how they relate with banks' profitability, the cost of credit, credit risk and credit supply. Finally, we explore whether there are differences in markups on lending rates and markdowns on deposit rates between international and domestic banks.

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  • Lluberas, Rodrigo, 2025. "Competition and Market Power in the Latin American Banking Sector," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 13988, Inter-American Development Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:idb:brikps:13988
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013409
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    Keywords

    Banking; Markups; markdowns; Market concentration;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • L16 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Industrial Organization and Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Industrial Structure
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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