. However, even if there is a commonly accepted view in favor of enhanced bank competition during the last decade, no study has … been performed in the 2000s showing this trend. In this paper, we aim to fill this gap by measuring the evolution of bank … EU countries. We provide evidence of a general improvement in bank competition in the EU, even if cross …

the 2000s showing this trend. In this paper, we aim to fill this gap by measuring the evolution of bank competition in all … EU countries during the 2000s with the Lerner index and the H-statistic. We do not observe a general improvement in bank … competition in the EU. However, by applying β and σ convergence tests for panel data, we find that convergence in bank competition …

This paper investigates the motive of geographic risk diversification in the lending activity for bank mergers in the …