This paper examines the impact of bank merger and acquisitions (M&As) on lending behavior by commercial banks. We employ the dataset of 31 sample Kenyan commercial banks over the period 2003 to 2015. Further we employ panel data models as well as difference-in-differences (DID) to explain the...

The study seeks to investigate the nexus between market power and stability of the banking industry in pre FinTech period (2003 - 2009) and post FinTech entrance period (2010 - 2017). Specifically, the study seeks to investigate the effect of FinTech entrance on market power and later analyze...

This paper seeks to evaluate efficiency and competition dynamics of the Kenyan banking sector for the period 2001-2017 using bank-level data for 37 commercial banks. To achieve this, the paper uses a three-step estimation approach; first, we apply non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)...

Financial liberalization and globalization have enhanced competition in the banking sector with profound implications for stability. Positively, competition has had obvious benefits including increased efficiencies, continuous financial innovations and accelerated financial inclusion. However,...

This paper seeks to examine the nexus between market power and intermediation efficiency in the Kenyan banking system. Using bank-specific, annual balance sheet and profit and loss data for the period 2003-2018, we construct three measures of efficiency; overall efficiency, allocative efficiency...