Spillover and Competition Effects: Evidence from the sub-Saharan African Banking Sector

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This paper examines the efficiency effects of foreign bank entry on domestic banks in sub-Saharan Africa during the period 1999-2006. Using a recently compiled dataset on foreign bank presence, the competition and spillover effects of North-South, regional and nonregional South-South banks are distinguished. The results show that the competitive pressure on domestic banks' net interest margins emanates only from regional South-South banks. There is evidence of spillover effects from North-South and regional South-South banks on domestic banks. As domestic banks invest in foreign technologies, their overhead costs increase in the short-run. Non-regional South-South banks seem to have little effect on the efficiency of domestic banks.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: GIGA Working Papers ; No. 165

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; International Investment; Long-term Capital Movements ; Multinational Firms; International Business ; Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
• Thema: sub-Saharan Africa ; efficiency ; South-South banks ; spillover ; Bank ; Wirtschaftliche Effizienz ; Spillover-Effekt ; Afrika südlich der Sahara

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Pohl, Birte
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
• (wo): Hamburg
• (wann): 2011

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/47869
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ