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A framework for analyzing competition in the banking sector : An application to the case of Jordan / Asli Demirguc-Kunt
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Access to Finance.
- Banks & Banking Reform.
- Competitive environment.
- Debt Markets.
- Economic growth.
- Economic performance.
- Emerging Markets.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Financial services.
- Market access.
- Markets and Market Access.
- Local Subjects:
- Access to Finance.
- Banks & Banking Reform.
- Competitive environment.
- Debt Markets.
- Economic growth.
- Economic performance.
- Emerging Markets.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Financial services.
- Market access.
- Markets and Market Access.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (26 pages)
- Other Title:
- Framework for analyzing competition in the banking sector
- A framework for analyzing competition in the banking sector
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2010
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper proposes a framework to analyze competition in the banking sector using Jordan as an example. In particular, the paper pursues a multi-pronged approach to analyze competition including (i) an examination of the extent to which the market is contestable (that is, has low barriers to bank entry and exit), (b) an evaluation of the behavior of bank spreads, and (iii) an assessment of nonstructural and direct measures of bank competition such as the H-statistic and the Lerner Index. This approach provides a more comprehensive framework to examine competition in the banking sector, compared with the commonly used alternative of looking only at bank concentration figures. In the case of Jordan, the analysis indicates that although concentration has declined, competition in the country is low and has decreased over time.
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