R&D intensity industries have a lower bound for concentration, which is higher than that for low sunk cost intensity …

This paper analyses the effects of concentration on profitability in the US banking sector from 1994-2005, using bank …-level panel data. A new index of concentration is proposed, which reflects the depth and intensity of concentration. The … relationship between concentration and profitability. Strong support is found for the Structure-Conduct-Performance hypothesis, as …

import substitution in the Philippines have led to high levels of industrial concentration in a few wealthy families and …

market definition such as “acute in-patient care” averages out severe discrepancies that become visible when concentration is … only impact on the level of concentration, while the correlation remains high. Our results underline the need for more …

-2011, given that a large number of banks all over the world have engaged in concentration activities. We focused in this section … of market structure, we compare the degree of concentration in the banking sector in Bulgaria and Romania. In conclusion …

We present a dynamic duopoly model of R&D with spillovers where industry concentration is endogenous. In our model … analysis highlights the effects of spillovers through dynamic changes in industry concentration, which cannot be obtained in a … cases where greater spillovers lead to higher product market concentration. We find that the impact of imperfect …

provincial whereas the limiting concentration index - as argued by Sutton for industries with exogenous sunk costs - goes to zero …

whether these agglomeration effects contribute to changes in the geographic concentration of industry. Study results suggest …