"Does banking market power contribute to the formation of non-financial industries populated by few, large firms, or does it instead enhance industry entry? Theoretical arguments could be made to support either side. The banking industry of European Union (EU) countries has been significantly...

The unexpected pandemic eruption in March 2020, the European efforts to diminish the gas house emissions, prolonged drought, higher inflation and the war in Ukraine clearly have had a strong impact on the electricity price. In this paper, we analyze the electricity prices on the Romanian...

Employing data on 3,943 banks from the EU-15 between 2013 and 2020, this paper empirically analyzes the relationship between banking market consolidation, market power and banking stability, separately for the loan and deposit market. We initially find that European banks follow a loss-leader...