This paper uses the Panzar-Rosse (PR) methodology to measure bank competition in the European Union banking sector and in some developed and developing countries. We apply the method for the time period 2000 to 2008. Our findings indicate that monopolistic competition existed in most of the...

The purpose of the current paper is to examine the level (degree) of competition, risk-taking behavior and efficiency with respect to the US commercial banks (large, medium, and small). The Lerner Index is used to measure competition in the US banking sector. In the next step, the Gruben et al...