concentration of large banks is negatively related to profitability, indicating that large banks are inefficient (which may be …

system, its concentration and competitiveness. Some light is shed on comparative financial performance of state … market concentration to reflect public ownership of the core market players. As a result of this modification, most market … segments cross the threshold of high concentration (HHI ≥ 0.25), whereas household deposits market becomes close to monopoly …

plays a pivotal role. The innovationrate is made quadratic in market concentration, to capture a plausible neo …-Schumpeterian non-linear influence of market structure on firms' propensity to innovate. Concentration is endogenous, though, since … will then be non-linear in concentration, and the effect of changes in concentration on capacity utilisation, growth and …

plays a pivotal role. The innovationrate is made quadratic in market concentration, to capture a plausible neo …-Schumpeterian non-linear influence of market structure on firms' propensity to innovate. Concentration is endogenous, though, since … will then be non-linear in concentration, and the effect of changes in concentration on capacity utilisation, growth and …

This paper analyses the effects of concentration on profitability in the US banking sector from 1994-2005, using bank …-level panel data. A new index of concentration is proposed, which reflects the depth and intensity of concentration. The … relationship between concentration and profitability. Strong support is found for the Structure-Conduct-Performance hypothesis, as …