. Consequently, this heightened bank concentration exerts additional pressure on SMEs in acquiring bank credit. To foster an …

). Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to determine bank concentration, and a new variable, "bank-related power", was … different companies involved by using both bank concentration (as a composite variable) and a new variable that measures the …In this study, we provide a thorough analysis, conducted on a company-by-company basis, of the impact of bank …

market structure on small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs)access to finance. Our results show that high bank … concentration increases the obstacle to accessing finance for SMMEs in South Africa, and the relationship is non-linear. Thus, to a …

This paper examines bank concentration, competition, and financial stability nexus across five emerging countries … relationships between bank concentration, competition, and stability. A two-step system Generalised Methods of Moments (GMM) is … variables. The findings provide a significant policy contribution on the trade-off between bank concentration and competition …