competition as a contested theoretical concept into concrete indicators within a legally binding document, the paper produces …

Purpose: This study examines agricultural lending by commercial banks and the competition they face from the Farm …/methodology/approach: We construct a measure of commercial banks' perceived competition with FCS or non-traditional lenders using the … relationship between perceived competition and farm loan rate spreads, collateral requirements, loan delinquencies, and expected …

This paper introduces a framework to facilitate an interdisciplinary analysis of 'competition'. While such an … interdisciplinary analysis can be justified by referencing the various fields of social and economic life in which 'competition' is … sufficient common elements across different concepts of competition that justify an interdisciplinary approach to study …

, competitive asymmetry, presuming that the competition among the companies is not equal and rivals do not consider each other at …