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Consolidation in banking and financial stability in Europe: empirical evidence
Uhde, André; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - 2009
measured by the Z-score technique while controlling for macroeconomic, bank-specific, regulatory, and institutional factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299754
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Market concentration in the banking sector: Evidence from Albania
Tushaj, Arjan - 2010
Sector has changed dramatically in recent years. On 1990s, our country has experienced deregulation, foreign bank penetration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300844
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How does competition affect efficiency and soundness in banking? New empirical evidence
Schaeck, Klaus; Čihák, Martin - 2008
A growing body of literature indicates that competition increases bank soundness. Applying an industrial organization … indeed increases bank efficiency. Second, building on these results, we examine the relation between the Boone indicator … bank soundness. We find evidence that competition robustly increases bank soundness, via the efficiency channel. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604978
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Direct Banking - A Demand Pull and Technology Push Innovation
Neuberger, Doris - 1997
Since 1994, the German banking market is confronted with an entry wave of direct banks. This banking innovation may be explained by developments on the supply side as well as on the demand side. It is pushed by developments in telecommunication technologies during a period of rising cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319302
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Market structure scenarios in international steam coal trade
Trüby, Johannes; Paulus, Moritz - 2011
The seaborne steam coal market changed in recent years. Trade volumes grew dynamically, important players emerged and since 2007 prices increased significantly and remained relatively high since then. In this paper we analyse market equilibria in the years 2006 and 2008 by testing for two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293359
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The Austrian insurance industry: A structure, conduct and performance analysis
Jedlicka, Lorenz; Jumah, Adusei - 2006
There exist a vast number of studies on the banking industry. However, the insurance industry remains relatively unexplored. Increasingly, Austrian insurance institutions are becoming important as financial intermediaries in the domestic market, and - based on proximity advantage - also in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293738
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Market Structure and Market Performance in E-Commerce
Hackl, Franz; Kummer, Michael E.; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2012
We investigate the causal effect of market structure on market performance in the consumer electronics. We combine data from Austria's largest online site for price comparisons with retail data on wholesale prices provided by a major hardware producer for consumer electronics. We observe input...
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Marktstruktur, Innovationsaktivität und Profitabilität der deutschen Ernährungswirtschaft: Das Beispiel Functional Food.
Wittkopp, Antje - 2002
Zeitraum 1995 bis 1999 empirisch der Einfluss der Marktstruktur auf die allgemeine Innovationsaktivität sowie speziell jene im …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297127
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Innovation dynamics and endogenous market structure: econometric results from aggregated survey data
Gottschalk, Sandra; Janz, Norbert - 2001
This paper examines empirically the relationship between innovation and market structure within a simultaneous framework at the industry level of aggregation. We use a model in which R&D affects both, demand and cost conditions. An optimization process leads to optimal industry R&D expenditure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297777
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Drivers for international innovation activities in developed and emerging countries
Schmiele, Anja - 2009
This paper aims to shed light on firm specific drivers that lead firms to internationalise their innovation activities. The paper draws a comprehensive picture of driving forces by including firm capabilities, characteristics of the firm’s competitive environment and the influence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299465