Bank Concentration and Crisis 1980-1997

Australia, Austria, Burundi...and 73 more, 1980 - 1997

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Reference ID

WLD_1997_BCC_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/hp42-tm50

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Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine

Collection(s)

Development Research Microdata Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Nov 20, 2013

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Openness of banking and financial system (bfree2)

Data file: JBFdata_revised

Overview

Valid: 1368

Invalid: 54

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 122

End: 125

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 5

Format: Numeric

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Value	Cases
1	18	1.3%
2	216	15.8%
2.33333	36	2.6%
2.66667	36	2.6%
3	414	30.3%
3.3333	18	1.3%
3.33333	90	6.6%
3.66667	36	2.6%
4	378	27.6%
4.5	18	1.3%
5	108	7.9%
Sysmiss	54

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Notes

Indicator of relative openness of banking and financial system, specifically, whether the foreign banks and financial services firms are able to operate freely, how difficult it is to open domestic banks and other financial services firms, how heavily regulated the financial system is, the presence of state-owned banks, whether the government influences allocation of credit, and whether banks are free to provide customers with insurance and invest in securities (and vice-versa). The index ranges in value from 1 (very low – banks are primitive) to 5 (very high – few restrictions). Averaged over 1995-97 period.

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