shields the private commercial bank from aggressive competition by these banks. -- banking ; competition ; cooperation : non … such cooperative practices. There are two adjacent markets with one savings or cooperative bank being focused on each one … and one private commercial bank serving both. We find that abolishing regional demarcation indeed increases total loan …

demarcation that shields the private commercial bank from aggressive competition … of such cooperative practices. We study two adjacent markets comprising one savings or cooperative bank that focuses on … one market and one private commercial bank serving both. We acknowledge that savings and cooperative banks have atypical …

This study investigates the bank competition-stability nexus using a unique regulatory dataset provided by the Deutsche … competition, contestability and market power, each corresponding to a different contextual level of a bank's competitive … theoretical properties of the indicators for market power and competition. Using the Lerner Index as a proxy for bank …

capital for firms worldwide on three particularly export-oriented industry sectors in Germany. Second, the impact of this …

Given the marked reduction in the number of banks in Germany during recent years, the study estimates competitive … profit and loss accounts for the years 1993-1998, the hypotheses of perfect collusion as well as of perfect competition can … several size categories. However, despite the decrease in the number of banks in Germany during the investigated period and a …