Economic studies on the degree of competition (DC) in banking systems use various measures which are subsumed under the … represent one central construct – the true DC of a banking system. We review 35 studies covering 15 European banking systems …

Competition in the US banking industry as measured by the Lerner Index has on average increased substantially during …

The finalization of the European Banking Union (EBU) requires the completion of the third pillar, the system of … way to organize banking business. It contains no element of regulato-ry arbitrage, as it represents a cost-efficient mean … to protect depositors in decentralized banking networks marked by a larger number of regional banks and by a business …