Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/211985 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Bank of Finland Discussion Papers No. 17/2004
Publisher: 
Bank of Finland, Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper studies the competitive and efficiency implications of financial conglomeration driven by cost-efficiency gains in monitoring credit and insurance customers.The analysis shows that conglomeration is conducive to tougher competition in the credit market and increases profit in insurance.The aggregate profit in the financial sector does not increase, because the conglomerates pass the cost-efficiency gains on to the borrowers in full.More competitive market for financial services also reduces the aggregate risk in the financial markets, indicating that capital requirements in both sectors should be lower in the presence of financial conglomerates
Subjects: 
financial conglomerates
banking
insurance
capital regulation
JEL: 
G21
G22
G38
L40
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
952-462-152-5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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