We use a new regulatory dataset to measure the intensity competition in the UK deposit-taking sector. The novelty of … this study is two-fold. First, the dataset allows us to explore trends in competition intensity over an extended, 24-year …. Second, we take a portmanteau approach and estimate a number of different performance-based competition measures common in …

In this paper we investigate competition in banking systems in the EU27 as a whole for the period 2004 – 2010, but also … estimate a non-structural indicator of banking competition, using the H-statistic indicator that is estimated using bank …-level data. Also, we apply two tests of convergence, β- and σ-convergence, for assessing competition evolution during the …

In Germany a public discussion on the power of banks has been going on for decades now with the term power having at … derived from imperfect competition in markets for financial services is implied, which banks exercise vis-à-vis their loan and … deposit customers. In the past, bank regulation has often been blamed for undermining competition and the functioning of …