local credit markets. We provide evidence that marginal increases in interbank competition are detrimental to relationship … technologies are al-ready widely in use in the market by a large group of small mutual banks, an increase in competition may drive … banks to further cultivate their extensive ties with customers. -- interbank competition ; market organizational structure …

local credit markets. We provide evidence that marginal increases in interbank competition are detrimental to relationship … technologies are al-ready widely in use in the market by a large group of small mutual banks, an increase in competition may drive …

banks. We find that more competition leads to more risk taking. We also examine the effects of bank competition on the …This paper studies empirically the relationship between competition and risk taking in banking markets. We exploit an … unique dataset providing information about all bank loans to Norwegian firms over several years. Rather than relying on …

demarcation that shields the private commercial bank from aggressive competition … of such cooperative practices. We study two adjacent markets comprising one savings or cooperative bank that focuses on … one market and one private commercial bank serving both. We acknowledge that savings and cooperative banks have atypical …

shields the private commercial bank from aggressive competition by these banks. -- banking ; competition ; cooperation : non … such cooperative practices. There are two adjacent markets with one savings or cooperative bank being focused on each one … and one private commercial bank serving both. We find that abolishing regional demarcation indeed increases total loan …

shields the private commercial bank from aggressive competition by these banks. -- banking ; competition ; cooperation ; non … such cooperative practices. There are two adjacent markets with one savings or cooperative bank being focused on each one … and one private commercial bank serving both. We find that abolishing regional demarcation indeed increases total loan …

that amongst US small firms, those that operate within a single area where bank competition is limited face higher interest … markets. Borrowers competing against each other across geo- graphical areas of bank influence limit the effect lack of bank … competition can have on interest rates. Using the novel control group of firms identified through this definition, I find evidence …