We use unique data on banks' private risk assessments of corporate borrowers to quantify how competition among banks … affect the risk sensitivity of interest rates in the Norwegian credit market. We show that an increase in competition makes … channel of how the competition-fragility nexus can operate. …

, more efficient, and unchallenged. In contra st, several studies found that when bank size increases beyond certain … interest margins. This study examines the connection between bank size and efficiency to understand whether that relationship …-overlapping thresholds for bank size. We found two key results. First, bank size increases bank interest rate margins with an inverted U …

measuring the banking sector competition proceed from the market structure and concentration measures. In contrast, modern … approaches to measuring competition rely on non-structural models and analysis of the behaviour of market participants. The paper … analyzes the degree of concentration and competition in the banking sector of the Republic of Serbia. The traditional and most …

2010 to the last quarter of 2019. In order to investigate this relationship, determinants of bank profitability are split … Montenegro does not give enough argument to support such explanation, and bank profitability can be explained by bank efficiency …

bank competition measures to study the role of banking system structure as a determinant of cross-country variability in … are robust to changes in sample, data, and estimation strategy and suggest that the degree of competition is an important …

, more efficient, and unchallenged. In contrast, several studies found that when bank size increases beyond certain … interest margins. This study examines the connection between bank size and efficiency to understand whether that relationship …-overlapping thresholds for bank size. We found two key results. First, bank size increases bank interest rate margins with an inverted U …

This paper studies how bank competition influences the resolution of distress and bankruptcy of firms. We compile a … shocks to bank competition, we find that higher competition leads to a significant decline in the rate of non-financial firms …' bankruptcy filings. The effect is particularly strong for private firms and in areas with higher densities of small firms. Bank …

Bank stability is an important aspect of financial stability, especially in bank-centric systems like that of …. Rising competition among banks could pose a challenge and possibly change the level of credit risk, especially if the banks … competition affects credit risk in Montenegro and whether banks differing in size react differently. Panel data techniques were …

conventional and Islamic banks operate alongside each other. It also investigates the impact of bank competition on lending … does not depend on bank competition. In other words, the effectiveness of the lending transmission channel does not depend …This paper examines the effectiveness of the bank lending channel in a dual banking system in Malaysia, where both …

scores. Then, we regress cost efficiency scores on Lerner indices contingent on bank characteristics, market features and the …