Testing the relationship between competition and efficiency in banking: A panel data analysis

The relationship between competition and efficiency in the banking sectors of five EU countries is investigated using Granger-type causality test estimations. We find positive causation between market power and efficiency, whereas the causality running from efficiency to competition is weak.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Casu, Barbara ; Girardone, Claudia
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 105.2009, 1, p. 134-137
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Competition Efficiency Granger causality Banking

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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