Big Banks and Macroeconomic Outcomes: Theory and Cross-Country Evidence of Granularity
Does the mere presence of big banks affect macroeconomic outcomes? We develop a theory of granularity for the banking sector by modeling heterogeneous banks charging variable markups. Using data for a large set of countries, we show that the banking sector is indeed “granular,” as the right tail of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Inc.
2018
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