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Market power and bank profitability : evidence from Montenegro and Serbia

Grubišić, Zoran; Kamenković, Sandra; Kaličanin, Tijana - In: Journal of central banking theory and practice 11 (2022) 1, pp. 5-22

This study investigates the relationship between profitability and market power in the banking sector using data from the financial reports of the banks that operated in Serbia and Montenegro, covering the period from the first quarter of 2010 to the last quarter of 2019. In order to investigate...

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Comparative analysis of the banking sector competitiveness in Serbia and Montenegro

Grubišić, Zoran; Kamenković, Sandra; Kaličanin, Tijana - In: Journal of central banking theory and practice 10 (2021) 1, pp. 75-91

competition, of which the most common are the concentration ratio and the Herfindahl-Hirschman index. It is important to emphasize … competition. Although market changes are reflected in a reduced number of banks while a change in the dispersion of market shares …

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An analysis of concentration and competition in the banking sector of the Republic of Serbia

Radojičić, Jelena; Jemović, Mirjana; Dragijević, Dejan - In: Ekonomske teme 59 (2021) 4, pp. 427-444

measuring the banking sector competition proceed from the market structure and concentration measures. In contrast, modern … approaches to measuring competition rely on non-structural models and analysis of the behaviour of market participants. The paper … analyzes the degree of concentration and competition in the banking sector of the Republic of Serbia. The traditional and most …

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Who needs credit and who gets credit in Eastern Europe?

Brown, Martin; Ongena, Steven; Popov, Alexander; Yesin, … - 2012

Based on survey data covering 8,387 firms in 20 countries we compare credit demand and credit supply for firms in Eastern Europe to those for firms in selected Western European countries. We find that firms in Eastern Europe have a higher need for credit than firms in Western Europe, and that a...

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Who Needs Credit and Who Gets Credit in Eastern Europe?

Brown, M.; Ongena, S.; Popov, A.; Yesin, P. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

Based on survey data covering 8,387 firms in 20 countries we compare credit demand and credit supply for firms in Eastern Europe to those for firms in selected Western European countries.

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Foreign Currency Loans - Demand or Supply Driven?

Brown, Martin; Kirschenmann, Karolin; Ongena, Steven - 2010

Motivated by current concerns over foreign currency exposures in emerging economies, we examine the currency denomination of business loans made in Bulgaria prior to the current crisis. We analyze information on the requested and granted currency for more than hundred thousand loans granted by...

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Foreign Currency Borrowing by Small Firms

Brown, Martin - 2013

We examine the firm- and country-level determinants of the currency denomination of small business loans. We first model the choice of loan currency in a framework which features a trade-off between lower cost of debt and the risk of firm-level distress costs, and also examines the impact of...

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Foreign Currency Borrowing by Small Firms

Brown, Martin - 2013

We examine, from a theoretical and empirical perspective, the determinants of foreign currency borrowing by small firms. Our empirical analysis is based on survey responses from 9,655 firms in 26 transition countries. We find that firms with foreign currency income are more likely to borrow in...

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Foreign Currency Borrowing by Small Firms

Brown, Martin - 2013

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Foreign Currency Loans - Demand or Supply Driven?

Brown, Martin; Ongena, Steven; Kirschenmann, Karolin - Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB) - 2011

Motivated by concerns over foreign currency exposures of banks in Emerging Europe, we examine the currency denomination of business loans made in Bulgaria during the period 2003-2007. We analyze a unique dataset including information on the requested and granted currency for more than hundred...

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