Economic studies on the degree of competition (DC) in banking systems use various measures which are subsumed under the … measures. Thus, the economic validity of derived conclusions regarding the competition intensity is chal-lenged. …

Using a sample of US banks between 2001 and 2013, this paper investigates the impact of competition on bank efficiency … on efficiency, and the effect of the interaction between competition and securitization on efficiency. We confirm that … higher competition reduces efficiency. More importantly, our empirical findings suggest that banks securitizing their loans …

the market power of the remaining banks and on competition between rivals? Do financial crises change this relationship …

-country convergence of three used bank competition measures, with higher convergence levels of market power and of competitive behaviour …

This paper investigates the different effects of competition and securitization on US bank efficiency between 2001 and …