This paper analyses the relation between competition and concentration in the banking sector. The empirical answer is given by testing a monopolistic competition model of bank branching behaviour on individual bank data at county level (départements and provinces) in France and Italy. We...

The present paper provides a two-sided model of broadcasting competition with endogenous quality provision. We address the role of potential demand by considering an uncovered market setting and we investigate the effects of the merger in terms of advertising intensities, subscription fees and...

The present paper provides a two-sided model of broadcasting competition with endogenous quality provision. We address the role of potential demand by considering an uncovered market setting and we investigate the effects of the merger in terms of advertising intensities, subscription fees and...

We propose a new test to evaluate the impact of horizontal mergers on competition in the banking industry. The test is designed to be applied ex-ante to potential mergers while being parsimonious in terms of data, as it only uses information on branches in local markets. The test is a...

This paper analyses the relation between competition and concentration in a monopolistic competition model where banks compete in branching and interest rates and market structure is endogenous. The model is applied on individual bank data in Italy and France using a maximum likelihood approach...