Leuvensteijn, M. van; Sørensen, C. Kok; Bikker, J.A.; … - School of Economics, Universiteit Utrecht - 2008
This paper analyses the impact of loan market competition on the interest rates applied by euro area banks to loans and deposits during the 1994-2004 period, using a novel measure of competition called the Boone indicator. We find evidence that stronger competition implies significantly lower...
