Cooperative banks are a driving force for socially committed business at the local level,
accounting for around one fifth of the European Union (EU) bank deposits and loans …

This study investigates the role of information sharing offices and its association with market
power in the African banking industry based on a panel of 162 banks from 42 countries for …

This paper addresses the effects of bank competition on the risk-taking behaviors of banks in
10 Latin American countries between 2003 and 2008. We conduct our empirical approach in …

This paper investigates how different degrees of market power affect bank efficiency and
stability in the context of developing economies. It sheds light on the competition-stability …

The quiet life hypothesis posits that firms with market power incur inefficiencies rather than
reap monopolistic rents. We propose a simple adjustment to Lerner indices to account for …

This paper estimates the social costs of market power (Harberger's triangle) in the Mexican
banking system over the period 1993–2005. It also tests the so-called “quiet life” hypothesis …

Abstract The Panzar-Rosse test has been widely applied to assess competitive conduct,
often in specifications controlling for firm scale or using a price equation. We show that …

This paper investigates cost, technical and allocative efficiencies for Brazilian banks in the
recent period (2000–2007). We use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to compute efficiency …

The existence of a trade-off between bank competition and financial stability has always
been a controversial issue, both among policy makers and academics. This paper …

Studies of banking competition and competitive behavior both within and across countries
typically utilise only one of the few measures that are available. In trying to assess the …