Financial intermediation costs in low-income countries : the role of regulatory, institutional, and macroeconomic factors / prepared by Tigran Poghosyan.

We analyze factors driving persistently higher financial intermediation costs in low-income countries (LICs) relative to emerging market (EMs) country comparators. Using the net interest margin as a proxy for financial intermediation costs at the bank level, we find that within LICs a substantial pa...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Poghosyan, Tigran (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2012.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/12/140.
Subjects:
Online Access:Click for online access