This paper investigates the impact of banking sector concentration on financial stability, across a sample of 134 commercial banks from 17 countries of Central and Eastern Europe during the period 2007-2012. Empirical findings highlight the concentration-fragility hypothesis, indicating that a...

In this paper we aim to trace the roots of the ongoing economic mayhem and to unmask the chorus of the tragedy which plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that, despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of perfect competition, the global fields of the dysfunctional...

In this paper we aim to trace the roots of the ongoing economic mayhem and to unmask the chorus of the tragedy which plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that, despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of perfect competition, the global fields of the dysfunctional...