This paper measures the degree of concentration and competition in the South Eastern
European banking sector, an emerging region that has rarely been investigated, over the …

This paper measures the degree of concentration and competition in the enlarged European
Union (EU) banking environment over the period 1998–2002. In the empirical part we opt for …

This paper measures the degree of concentration and competition in the new enlarged
European Union (EU) banking environment and investigate competitive conditions in the …

The deregulation of financial services in the European Union (EU), together with the
establishment of the Economic and Monetary Union, aimed at the creation of a level playing …

The recent wave of mergers and acquisitions in the European banking sector has raised
concerns that bank profitability will rise because of less competitive market conditions. This …

The aim of this paper is to assess the level of competition prevailing in the Spanish banking
system. The current analysis employs a widely used non-structural methodology put forward …

This article examines competitive conditions and market structure in the banking industry,
and investigates their interrelationship. Competition is measured using the Panzar–Rosse …

The aim of this study is to conduct an empirical analysis of the competitive conditions in the
banking systems of Central and Eastern European countries. The well-known model of …

This paper reports an empirical assessment of competitive conditions among the major
British banks, during a period of major structural change. Specifically, estimates of the Rosse …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to assess the outcome of European Union (EU)
deregulation and competition policies on the competitive conditions of the main EU banking …