supervisory data set, this paper investigates competition and efficiency in the Dutch life insurance market by estimating unused … scale economies and measuring efficiency-market share dynamics during 1995-2010. Large unused scale economies exist for …

How can competition enhance bank soundness? Does competition improve soundness via the efficiency channel? Do banks …. Second, we verify that competition increases efficiency. Third, we present novel evidence that efficiency is the conduit … through which competition contributes to bank soundness. In a final examination of banks’ heterogeneous responses to …

supervisory data set, this paper investigates competition and efficiency in the Dutch life insurance market by estimating unused … scale economies and measuring efficiency-market share dynamics during 1995-2010. Large unused scale economies exist for …

This paper contributes to the debate on the effect of capital requirements on bank efficiency. We study the relation … between capital ratio and bank efficiency for Chinese banks over the period 2004-2009, taking advantage of the profound … can improve bank efficiency. …

This paper addresses the relationship between bank competition and efficiency by computing Lerner indices and cost … efficiency. This suggests that measures to increase bank competition in the Chinese context are not detrimental to efficiency. … efficiency scores for a sample of Chinese banks over the period 2002-2011. Granger-causality tests are performed in a dynamic GMM …

This paper addresses the relationship between bank competition and efficiency by computing Lerner indices and cost … efficiency. This suggests that measures to increase bank competition in the Chinese context are not detrimental to efficiency. … efficiency scores for a sample of Chinese banks over the period 2002–2011. Granger-causality tests are performed in a dynamic GMM …