The relationships among competition in the financial sector, access of firms to external financing, and associated … economic growth are ambiguous in theory. Moreover, measuring competition in the financial sector can be complex. In this paper … Claessens and Laeven first estimate for 16 countries a measure of banking system competition based on industrial organization …

introduces and explains a relatively new concept in competition measurement: the performance-conduct-structure (PCS) indicator … competition in the banking sector after the state interventions of the past years is a key step in this process. This book … competition presenting a brief survey of the complex relationship between financial stability and competition. The theoretical …

1. Introduction / Jacob A. Bikker and Michiel van Leuvensteijn -- 2. Potential obstacles for competition in the … financial sector / Jacob A. Bikker and Michiel van Leuvensteijn -- 3. The efficiency of firms : what difference does competition … make? / Donald A. Hay and Guy S. Liu -- 4. A new way to measure competition / Jan Boone -- 5. Measuring performance of …

countries, and identifies key policy priorities for these two regions: economic and institutional stability, competition, public … also shows that improving credit information, economic competition, the business environment along with economic …