This paper rigorously investigates the determinants of bank competition for 146 countries over the sample period 1999 … competition drivers across different income groups of countries. Amongst other things, a concentrated banking system jeopardises … and institutional development seem to boost competition in less-developed banking systems, whereas inter …

derived from imperfect competition in markets for financial services is implied, which banks exercise vis-à-vis their loan and … deposit customers. In the past, bank regulation has often been blamed for undermining competition and the functioning of … industry, competition and regulation are deeply interrelated as most regulatory institutions, even if they do not explicitly …

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 …

Using a measure of competition based on the Panzar-Rosse model, this paper explains bank competition across 76 … countries on the basis of various determinants. Studies explaining banking competition are rare and typically insuffciently … number of banks and banking concentration, have been considered the major determinants of competition in the banking sector …

Two-sided network effects in card payment systems are analysed under different market structures, e.g., competition …