an efficient wholesale market. These features of the electricity supply industry also make antitrust or competition law …

"Under the traditional "competition-fragility" view, more bank competition erodes market power, decreases profit … margins, and results in reduced franchise value that encourages bank risk taking. Under the alternative "competition … suggest that - consistent with the traditional "competition-fragility" view - banks with a greater degree of market power also …

Competition can drive productivity growth in Kosovo, especially in the context of the post-Coronavirus disease 2019 … recover from economic shocks more quickly. Competition in product markets can also prop-up economic recovery in a more … inclusive way for the poorest households. Kosovo has made significant progress towards pro-competition regulation of product …

importance of financial constraints reveals that access to bank financing and profitability are not significantly related to … practice is more likely used when firms face strong competition in the product market (relative to their customers), and enjoy … financing for market competition and risk management in credit constrained firms. "--World Bank web site …

by incumbents to eliminate or weaken competition from mainly young firms. He finds this to be especially true in more …

informal, and the impact of normalization on their profitability. The analysis finds that the impact of tax registration on … profitability depends on firm size and the ability to issue tax receipts, and presents a set of prioritized policy implications for …

context of competition in the banking sector. In spite of significant gains in efficiency made in recent years, operational … costs and provisioning for loan losses remain high compared to some other economies. Profitability of the aggregate banking … lack of competition, but it needs to be assessed with contestability conditions (openness to entry of banks). The lack of …

better understand the reasons why firms are informal and the impact of formalization on their profitability, in order to … registration on profitability depends on firm size and the ability to issue tax receipts. The smallest and the largest firms in the …