This paper proposes a framework to analyze competition in the banking sector using Jordan as an example. In particular …, and (iii) an assessment of nonstructural and direct measures of bank competition such as the H-statistic and the Lerner … commonly used alternative of looking only at bank concentration figures. In the case of Jordan, the analysis indicates that …

This paper proposes a framework to analyze competition in the banking sector using Jordan as an example. In particular …, and (iii) an assessment of non-structural and direct measures of bank competition such as the H-statistic and the Lerner … commonly used alternative of looking only at bank concentration figures. In the case of Jordan, the analysis indicates that …

The purpose of this study is to measure the relative efficiency of banks in Jordan using DEA. Also, it investigated the … determinants of such efficiency, in terms of bank size and capitalization. The duration of the measured performance of this sector … banks, indicating that bank size is a determinant of efficiency. However, banks with higher capital adequacy ratio are less …