This paper addresses the relationship between bank competition and efficiency by computing Lerner indices and cost … competition over the period, even as cost efficiency improves. In a departure from the empirical literature showing that … competition negatively Granger-causes cost efficiency for Western banks, we find no significant relation between competition and …

, this paper explores whether changes in bank competition have in fact played a role on the market structure of non … industries, across countries or related to time passing. The evidence suggests that the overall process of enhanced competition …