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Bank Privatization and Productivity : Evidence for Brazil

Over the past decade, the Brazilian banking industry has undergone major and deep transformations with several privatizations of state-owned banks, mergers and acquisitions, closing down of troubled banks, entry by foreign banks, and so on. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impacts of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nakane, Márcio I., Weintraub, Daniela B.
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
ACQUISITION COSTS
AGENCY PROBLEMS
ASSETS
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
BALANCE SHEET
BANK BRANCHES
BANK CLOSURES
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK PERFORMANCE
BANK PRIVATIZATION
BANK SIZE
BANK SUPERVISION
BANKING INDUSTRY
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKS
BONDS
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
CENTRAL BANK
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CORPORATE CONTROL
COST FUNCTIONS
DEBT RESTRUCTURING
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DEPOSITS
DEPRECIATION
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
DURABLE GOODS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FIXED INPUTS
FOREIGN BANKS
GDP
GROWTH RATE
HOUSING
INCOME STATEMENTS
INFLATION
INSOLVENCY
INTEREST RATES
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LEGISLATION
LIQUIDATION
LIQUIDATION OF BANKS
MARKET VALUE
MERGERS
MORAL HAZARD
NONPERFORMING LOANS
OFF BALANCE SHEET
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PRIVATE BANKS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
PUBLIC DEBT
RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
SHAREHOLDERS
SMALL BANKS
STABILIZATION
STATE OWNERSHIP
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRANSPORT
UNDERESTIMATES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/6074929/bank-privatization-productivity-evidence-brazil
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8249

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