Arbeitspapier

Switching costs and financial stability

We establish that the effect of intensified deposit market competition, measured by reduced switching costs, on the probability of bank failures depends critically on whether we focus on competition with established customer relationships or competition for the formation of such relationships. With inherited customer relationships, intensified competition (i.e., lower switching costs) destabilizes the banking market, whereas it stabilizes the banking market if we shift our focus to competition for the formation of customer relationships. These findings imply that the proportion between new and locked-in depositors is decisively important when determining whether intensified competition destabilizes the banking market or not.

ISBN
978-952-323-094-1
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers ; No. 2/2016

Classification
Wirtschaft
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Stenbacka, Rune
Takalo, Tuomas
Event
Veröffentlichung
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Bank of Finland
(where)
Helsinki
(when)
2016

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Stenbacka, Rune
  • Takalo, Tuomas
  • Bank of Finland

Time of origin

  • 2016

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