A trend common to virtually all European banking markets over the last decade or so has been the fall in bank numbers … is declining. However, a growth in branch numbers in many systems, increasing foreign bank presence, as well as the … any risks for consumers. The paper concludes with some observations on the impact of mergers on bank performance. Economic …

over the period 2000-2009. The results of our empirical investigation show that risk varies across bank types. Specifically … Cooperative banks) with a regional focus The relationship between competition and risk also varies across bank types based on …

Using a sample of US banks between 2001 and 2013, this paper investigates the impact of competition on bank efficiency …, the bank-specific factors that increase the likelihood of securitization, the previously untested impact of securitization … securitization reduces bank screening and monitoring incentives. Surprisingly, deeper investigations show that the positive effect of …

of bank competition could be realized if there is an even distribution of market share in the banking industry as opposed …

The paper analyzes the degree of concentration and competition in Serbian banking sector on the basis of bank financial … used Linda indices. The concentration degree is calculated based on five variables: total assets, deposits, capital, bank …