1 “...IMF Staff Position Notes...”

2 “..., indicating a trade-off between competition and stability. The second model (BDN) predicts a positive...”

3 “... an indicator of systemic risk potential. We find a positive trend in stock return correlations net...”

4 “... an unambiguously positive effect on financial stability...”

5 “... have a significant positive impact on proxy measures of countries' growth opportunities...”

6 “... of real economic activity-GDP growth, productivity growth, and the ratio of investment to GDP- is positive...”

7 “... and emerging markets economies, assesses whether advances in integration have had a significant positive impact...”

8 “... is positively and significantly related to measures of competition. Furthermore, several loan loss measures...”

9 “...-industrialized countries during the 1993-2004 period. Four main results obtain. First, the positive...”