The origins of anti-competitive regulation: was Hong Kong 'over-banked' in the 1960s?

<p>In the 1960s, Hong Kong was widely viewed as being 'over-banked', with claims that after the spectacular increase in deposit-taking in the 1950s the scope for new market penetration had expired. Competition among existing banks, therefore, was at the expense of the profits and via...

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Main Author: Schenk, CR
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research 2006