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Testing for Collusion in the Hong Kong Banking Sector
Wong, Jim; Wong, Eric; Fong, Tom; Choi, Ka-fai - Hong Kong Monetary Authority - 2007
This working paper examines the degree of collusion in the banking sector of Hong Kong based on the conjectural variation approach. The results suggest that banks in Hong Kong operated in a competitive fashion in the loan market during the period 1991-2002 with no significant sign of collusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005813738
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The profit-structure relationship, efficiency and mergers in the European banking industry: an empirical assessment
Punt, L.W.; Rooij, M.C.J. van - de Nederlandsche Bank - 1999
-structure relationship because it stimulates both profitability and market share. Bank mergers in recent years have been successful because …, on average, X-efficiency and profitability have improved after the consolidation. Moreover, there are no indications of … unfavourable price setting behaviour as a result of increased market power. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030227
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Regulation and competition in German banking : an assessment
Fischer, Karl-Hermann; Pfeil, Christian M. - 2003
In Germany a public discussion on the power of banks has been going on for decades now with the term power having at least two meanings. On the one hand, it denotes the power of banks to control public corporations through direct shareholdings or the exercise of proxy votes this is the power of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765356
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How does competition affect efficiency and soundness in banking? New empirical evidence
Schaeck, Klaus; Čihák, Martin - 2008
A growing body of literature indicates that competition increases bank soundness. Applying an industrial organization based approach to large data sets for European and U.S. banks, we offer new empirical evidence that efficiency plays a key role in the transmission from competition to soundness....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604978
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Regulation and Competition in German Banking: An Assessment
Fischer, Karl-Hermann; Pfeil, Christian - 2003
In Germany a public discussion on the power of banks has been going on for decades now with the term power having at least two meanings. On the one hand, it denotes the power of banks to control public corporations through direct shareholdings or the exercise of proxy votes - this is the power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311986
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Banking Market Structure, Institutions, and SMEs’ Access to Finance in Transition Economies : The Case of Ukraine
Ahunov, Muzaffar Olimjonovich - 2010
We investigate the impact of local banking market concentration on small and medium-sized enterprises' access to finance in Ukraine, as an under-researched case of a country where crime and corruption rates are high. We combine firm-level observations from the EBRD's BEEPS survey with unique,...
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Market concentration and uniform pricing : evidence from bank mergers
Granja, João; Paixão, Nuno - 2021 - Last updated: February 11, 2021
We show that U.S. banks price deposits almost uniformly across their branches and that this pricing practice is crucial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012430779
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Regulation and Competition in German Banking: An Assessment
Fischer, Karl-Hermann; Pfeil, Christian - Center for Financial Studies - 2003
In Germany a public discussion on the power of banks has been going on for decades now with the term power having at least two meanings. On the one hand, it denotes the power of banks to control public corporations through direct shareholdings or the exercise of proxy votes this is the power of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010986452
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Regulation and Competition in German Banking: An Assessment
Fischer, Karl-Hermann; Pfeil, Christian - Center for Financial Studies - 2003
In Germany a public discussion on the "power of banks" has been going on for decades now with the term "power" having at least two meanings. On the one hand, it denotes the power of banks to control public corporations through direct shareholdings or the exercise of proxy votes – this is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022411
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Market Structure, Scale Efficiency, and Risk as Determinants of German Banking Profitability
Yu, Peiyi; Neus, Werner - 2005
existence of overall economies of scale, we conclude that German banks may improve their profitability by increasing their asset … size and/or by consolidation. The increased banking profitability will not only come from monopolistic power (higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296340