This paper discusses the relation between trade and competition, revising the literature and using indicators, build … domestic competition is explained by concentration indices, such as CR4 and HHI, which show positive correlation with profit … evaluating trade and competition policies in the context of the Brazilian economy. …

risk factors, we separate the bank-specific selection and monitoring abilities from the composition of the loan portfolio …, on average, lower loan losses, (b) the loss rate of a given industry in a bank's loan portfolio is lower if the bank has …

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 …

competition. Here, we employ a novel approach to account for IRS that are both unexpected and effective for a bank’s business … theory that monopolistic firms undersupply the market when utilizing their high pricing power in the bank competition …–liquidity creation nexus. While positive IRS per se lead to an increase in bank liquidity creation, we find that a high bank …

regulatory competition when banks are heterogeneous and give loans to firms that produce output in an integrated market. In this … bank profits, taxpayers, and consumers. …