We examine the effect of competition on banking stability using a new measure of
competition based on the reallocation of profits from inefficient banks to efficient ones. In a …

This paper investigates the relationship between capital structure and firm performance,
paying particular attention to the degree of industry competition. The paper applies a novel …

In this paper, I estimate the degree of market power at the bank-level for 84 banking systems
worldwide. Subsequently, I analyze the sources of bank competition, placing emphasis on …

This article is the first that applies a new measure of competition, the Boone indicator, to the
banking industry. This approach is able to measure competition of bank market segments …

This paper provides cross-country evidence on the association between soundness and
competition in the life insurance industry, where competition is measured by the Boone …

This article analyses the impact of loan market competition on the interest rates applied by
euro area banks to loans during the period 1994–2004, using a novel measure of …

We estimate the degree of competition in the banking sectors of 148 countries over the
period 1997–2010 using three methods: the Lerner index, the adjusted Lerner index, and …

This paper rigorously investigates the determinants of bank competition for 146 countries
over the sample period 1999–2011. The results employing both the Lerner index and the …

The lack of available prices in the Dutch life insurance industry makes competition an
elusive concept that defies direct observation. Therefore, this article investigates competition …

How can competition enhance bank soundness? Does competition improve soundness via
the efficiency channel? Do banks heterogeneously respond to competition? To answer …