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A new approach to measuring competition in the loan markets of the euro area
Leuvensteijn, Michiel van; Bikker, Jacob A.; Rixtel, … - 2007
on the lending markets in the five major EU countries as well as, for comparison, the UK, the US and Japan. Bearing the …, whereas overall loan markets in Germany and Spain were among the best competitive in the EU. The Netherlands occupied a more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003484173
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Impact of bank competition on the interest rate pass-through in the euro area
Leuvensteijn, Michiel van; Sørensen, Christoffer Kok; … - 2008
This paper analyses the impact of loan market competition on the interest rates applied by euro area banks to loans and deposits during the 1994-2004 period, using a novel measure of competition called the Boone indicator. We find evidence that stronger competition implies significantly lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003750048