Competition in the US banking industry as measured by the Lerner Index has on average increased substantially during … the last decade. At the same time, regional differences in competition on the state level have decreased considerably … negatively correlated. Macroeconomic conditions appear to have supported these trends in competition, however, to a somewhat …

Economic studies on the degree of competition (DC) in banking systems use various measures which are subsumed under the … measures. Thus, the economic validity of derived conclusions regarding the competition intensity is chal-lenged. …

, as it distorts the competition between different organizational concepts of banking. …

(ERC), a competition that involves teams from the three main European rugby leagues. The results indicate that the quality …

could change as the Anglo-French teams' share of European competition revenues is set to increase from 2014/15 while …

the ERC has been replaced by a new competition which may be more unbalanced due to differences in the distribution of …