evolution. The concentration indicators on this market reflect the degree of competition manifested between sellers and buyers …

We examine the impact of bank competition and institutional factors on net firm entry in a sample of European … find that bank competition helps firm entry. In addition, better institutions - especially legal structure and property …

A growing body of literature indicates that competition increases bank soundness. Applying an industrial organization … role in the transmission from competition to soundness. We use a two-pronged approach. First, we employ Granger causality … tests to establish the link between competition and measures of profit efficiency in banking, and find that competition …