addition to general sluggishness, bank deposit rates' reactions are clearly asymmetric: flexible when market rates are …

Despite the extensive debate on the effects of bank competition, only a handful of single-country studies deal with the … impact of bank competition on the cost of credit. We contribute to the literature by investigating the impact of bank … period 2001–2011, we consider a broad set of measures of bank competition, including two structural measures (Herfindahl …

We examine the impact of bank competition on firms' access to credit using a large panel of 900 banks matched to almost … hypothesis whereby low inter-bank competition worsens firms' credit conditions. Specifically, we find that higher bank market … power is associated with lower short and long-term bank credit, higher reliance on trade credit and higher funding costs for …

the sub-region, whereas bank exposures may be affecting bank profits. …

banking competition is fiercer. We explain this result with the fact that bank market power, i.e., low competition, would …

estimate a non-structural indicator of banking competition, using the H-statistic indicator that is estimated using bank …

diversify the sources of revenues was apparent. The cost and profit efficiency analysis based on 33 bank-to-bank mergers …

-Saxon market based system and more bank-based system, prevalent in most of continental Europe. The pluralistic structure of EU …