period 2008–2013. We employed the Panzar-Rosse model of firm competition, and found that the degree of competition among …

This paper documents a positive relation between bank competition and the penetration of bank accounts at the municipal … of an additional branch by a bank who is already present in the local market. Our results suggest that competition policy …

measuring the banking sector competition proceed from the market structure and concentration measures. In contrast, modern … approaches to measuring competition rely on non-structural models and analysis of the behaviour of market participants. The paper … analyzes the degree of concentration and competition in the banking sector of the Republic of Serbia. The traditional and most …

We model the impact of bank mergers on loan competition, banks' reserve holdings and aggregate liquidity. Banks compete …

We show that competing firms relax overall competition by lowering future barriers to entry. We illustrate our findings …-period profits. This dampens competition for serving the first-period market. …

A model of loan rate competition with liquidity provision by banks is used to study bank mergers. Both loan rate … competition and liquidity needs are seen to be "localised" phenomena. This allows for tracing down the effects of particular types …

We model the impact of bank mergers on loan competition, reserve holdings and aggregate liquidity. A merger creates an … the interbank market. Loan market competition modifies the heterogeneity in the size of banks, thus affecting aggregate …