Banking competition, good or bad? The case of promoting micro and small enterprise finance in Kazakhstan

Schaefer, Dorothea; Siliverstovs, Boriss; Terberger, Eva

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%T Banking competition, good or bad? The case of promoting micro and small enterprise finance in Kazakhstan
%A Schaefer, Dorothea
%A Siliverstovs, Boriss
%A Terberger, Eva
%J Applied Economics
%N 6
%P 701-716
%V 42
%D 2010
%= 2011-04-01T03:48:00Z
%~ http://www.peerproject.eu/
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-240702
%X Competition is claimed to be beneficial in development projects promoting micro and small enterprise finance although there are still doubts as to whether these loans can be developed into a profitable business. Our research sheds new light on the question of how many MSE banking units should optimally be created and supported in a certain region. We employ a unique data set from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for Kazakhstan, and investigate which strategy contributes more to the overall success of the program: a strategy of setting up several competing banks or a strategy of establishing regional monopolies.
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%9 journal article
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