approach is able to measure competition of bank market segments, such as the loan market, whereas many well-known measures of … ignores differences in bank product quality and design, as well as the attractiveness of innovations. We measure competition …This paper is the first that applies a new measure of competition, the Boone indicator, to the banking industry. This …

(Smith 1962) and recent theoretical results (Dufwenberg et al. 2008) suggest that competition forces people to behave as if …

In this paper we explore the link between the intensity of product market competition and inflation rates across EU … over time and as alternative proxies of competition we use the level of mark-up, profit margin, the profit rate and a … survey based “intensity of competition” variable. Results for both aggregate and sectoral panels show that the extent of …

stronger competition implies significantly lower spreads between bank and market interest rates for most loan market products … where competitive pressures are stronger. Further, where loan market competition is stronger, we observe larger bank spreads …This paper analyses the impact of loan market competition on the interest rates applied by euro area banks to loans and …

the international comparisons, the price formation of the food chain, degree of concentration, competition, and the …, competition works in Finland just as well in agriculture, the foodstuffs industry and the wholesale and retail trade as it does in … from the standpoint of competition and consumer choice; the position of small producers can best be improved by fostering …

competition for principals or agents. While we do observe substantial and significant ratchet effects in the baseline (no … competition) case of our model, we find that ratchet behavior is nearly eliminated by labor-market competition; interestingly this …

(Smith 1962) and recent theoretical results (Dufwenberg et al. 2008) suggest that competition forces people to behave as if …