Which of the Following Has NOT Been a Factor Deterring

question 104

Multiple Choice

Which of the following has NOT been a factor deterring Canadian bank expansion abroad?

• A)The implementation of risk-based capital requirements effective in 1993.
• B)The increased competition from the large Japanese banks through the mid-1990s.
• C)The effects of the collapse of the financial markets in several emerging markets.
• D)The ability of Canadian banks to achieve large excess capital positions in the second half of the 1990s.
• E)The passage of the European Community Second Banking Derivative.

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Definitions:

Nonparametric Test

A type of statistical test that does not assume a particular distribution for the data, often used when data do not meet the assumptions of parametric tests.

Independent Samples

Two or more groups of data that are collected from different populations or treatment conditions, with no overlapping members between groups.

Parametric One-way Analysis

A statistical technique used for comparing means of three or more samples, assuming a normal distribution.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A non-parametric method for testing whether samples originate from the same distribution, used as an alternative to the one-way ANOVA when the distribution assumption is violated.