Many studies have attempted to investigate the determinants and implications of competition in the banking industry …. The literature on the measurement of competition can be divided between the structural and non-structural approaches. The … structural approach infers the degree of competition from the structure of the market. The non-structural approach, based on the …

. We show that the "conduct parameter" measuring the intensity of competition is not null during the period 1993 …

Concentration indices are employed to measure the level of competition within an industry. Among the several indices …

-blind controlled competition among five highly regarded tests for nonlinearity or chaos with ten simulated data series. The data … samples were included in the experiment. The data series were produced in a single blind manner by the competition manager and … results of this competition provide much surprising information about the power functions of some of the best regarded tests …

a Vickrey-Salop model of GP price and quality competition and test its predictions using a dataset with individual GP … characteristics of the GPs, their practices and their local areas. We measure the competition to which the GP is exposed by the …

Ownership and competition in the banking sector are policy concerns around the world that are rarely comprehensively …

fat-cat effect. These costs have declined over time but remain high, inhibiting competition. The costs are asymmetrical …

(i) are more risk-taking and entrepreneurial; (ii) exhibit positive attitude toward competition; (iii) participate in …