A Framework for Analyzing Competition in the Banking Sector : An Application to the Case of Jordan

This paper proposes a framework to analyze competition in the banking sector using Jordan as an example. In particular, the paper pursues a multi-pronged approach to analyze competition including (i) an examination of the extent to which the market...

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Main Authors: Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Martínez Pería, María Soledad
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-39822021-04-23T14:02:14Z A Framework for Analyzing Competition in the Banking Sector : An Application to the Case of Jordan Demirguc-Kunt, Asli Martínez Pería, María Soledad AFFILIATES ASSET RATIO AUDITING AUDITORS AUDITS BALANCE SHEET BANK ACTIVITIES BANK ASSETS BANK BORROWERS BANK COMPETITION BANK ENTRY BANK INTEREST MARGINS BANK LOANS BANK OPERATIONS BANK POLICY BANK SPREADS BANKING INDUSTRY BANKING MARKET BANKING REGULATIONS BANKING SECTOR BANKING SECTORS BANKING SYSTEM BANKS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BOND BONDS CAPITAL ADEQUACY CAPITAL ASSET CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CAPITALIZATION CENTRAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANKING CONSOLIDATION CONTESTABILITY CURRENCY DEPOSIT DEPOSIT RATES DEPOSITS DEREGULATION DERIVATIVE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS DOMESTIC BANK DOMESTIC BANKS EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES EXIT FRAMEWORK EXTERNAL AUDITORS FAILURE RESOLUTION FINANCIAL COSTS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR ASSESSMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL STABILITY FOREIGN BANK FOREIGN BANK PARTICIPATION FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN PENETRATION FRAUD GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM GOVERNMENT BANK GOVERNMENT BANKS HOLDING HOLDING COMPANIES INCUMBENT BANKS INFLATION INFLATION RATE INPUT PRICE INPUT PRICES INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE INSURANCE ACTIVITIES INSURANCES INTEREST EXPENSES INTEREST INCOME INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE SPREADS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL AUDITING STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL BANK ISSUANCE JOINT VENTURE JUDICIAL ENVIRONMENT LACK OF COMPETITION LAWS LENDING INSTRUMENTS LEVY LIBERALIZATION LIQUIDATION LIQUIDITY LOAN MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MARGINAL COSTS MARKET POWER MARKET STRUCTURE MONEY MARKET MONOPOLY MORTGAGE MORTGAGE LOANS MUTUAL FUND MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY OUTPUT OUTPUTS OVERDRAFT OVERDRAFT FACILITIES OVERDRAFTS PERSONNEL EXPENSES PRIME RATE PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROFITABILITY PROPERTY RIGHTS REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT REGULATORS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RETAIL RETURN ON ASSETS SECURITIES SHARE OF ASSETS SHAREHOLDERS SOURCE OF FUNDS SOURCES OF FUNDS SPREAD SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARY SUPERVISION OF BANKS SUPERVISORY AGENCY TAX TAX RETURN TAXATION TIME DEPOSITS TRACK RECORD TRANSPARENCY UNION WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS This paper proposes a framework to analyze competition in the banking sector using Jordan as an example. In particular, the paper pursues a multi-pronged approach to analyze competition including (i) an examination of the extent to which the market is contestable (that is, has low barriers to bank entry and exit), (b) an evaluation of the behavior of bank spreads, and (iii) an assessment of non-structural and direct measures of bank competition such as the H-statistic and the Lerner Index. This approach provides a more comprehensive framework to examine competition in the banking sector, compared with the commonly used alternative of looking only at bank concentration figures. In the case of Jordan, the analysis indicates that although concentration has declined, competition in the country is low and has decreased over time. 2012-03-19T18:43:19Z 2012-03-19T18:43:19Z 2010-12-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101213102840 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3982 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5499 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Jordan
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topic AFFILIATES
ASSET RATIO
AUDITING
AUDITORS
AUDITS
BALANCE SHEET
BANK ACTIVITIES
BANK ASSETS
BANK BORROWERS
BANK COMPETITION
BANK ENTRY
BANK INTEREST MARGINS
BANK LOANS
BANK OPERATIONS
BANK POLICY
BANK SPREADS
BANKING INDUSTRY
BANKING MARKET
BANKING REGULATIONS
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SECTORS
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKS
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BOND
BONDS
CAPITAL ADEQUACY
CAPITAL ASSET
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
CAPITALIZATION
CENTRAL BANK
COMMERCIAL BANK
COMMERCIAL BANKING
CONSOLIDATION
CONTESTABILITY
CURRENCY
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT RATES
DEPOSITS
DEREGULATION
DERIVATIVE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
DOMESTIC BANK
DOMESTIC BANKS
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES
EXIT FRAMEWORK
EXTERNAL AUDITORS
FAILURE RESOLUTION
FINANCIAL COSTS
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR ASSESSMENT
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FOREIGN BANK
FOREIGN BANK PARTICIPATION
FOREIGN BANKS
FOREIGN PENETRATION
FRAUD
GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM
GOVERNMENT BANK
GOVERNMENT BANKS
HOLDING
HOLDING COMPANIES
INCUMBENT BANKS
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
INPUT PRICE
INPUT PRICES
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INSURANCE
INSURANCE ACTIVITIES
INSURANCES
INTEREST EXPENSES
INTEREST INCOME
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATE SPREADS
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL AUDITING STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
ISSUANCE
JOINT VENTURE
JUDICIAL ENVIRONMENT
LACK OF COMPETITION
LAWS
LENDING INSTRUMENTS
LEVY
LIBERALIZATION
LIQUIDATION
LIQUIDITY
LOAN
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MARGINAL COSTS
MARKET POWER
MARKET STRUCTURE
MONEY MARKET
MONOPOLY
MORTGAGE
MORTGAGE LOANS
MUTUAL FUND
MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
OVERDRAFT
OVERDRAFT FACILITIES
OVERDRAFTS
PERSONNEL EXPENSES
PRIME RATE
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PROFITABILITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
REGULATORS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RETAIL
RETURN ON ASSETS
SECURITIES
SHARE OF ASSETS
SHAREHOLDERS
SOURCE OF FUNDS
SOURCES OF FUNDS
SPREAD
SUBSIDIARIES
SUBSIDIARY
SUPERVISION OF BANKS
SUPERVISORY AGENCY
TAX
TAX RETURN
TAXATION
TIME DEPOSITS
TRACK RECORD
TRANSPARENCY
UNION
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
spellingShingle AFFILIATES
ASSET RATIO
AUDITING
AUDITORS
AUDITS
BALANCE SHEET
BANK ACTIVITIES
BANK ASSETS
BANK BORROWERS
BANK COMPETITION
BANK ENTRY
BANK INTEREST MARGINS
BANK LOANS
BANK OPERATIONS
BANK POLICY
BANK SPREADS
BANKING INDUSTRY
BANKING MARKET
BANKING REGULATIONS
BANKING SECTOR
BANKING SECTORS
BANKING SYSTEM
BANKS
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BOND
BONDS
CAPITAL ADEQUACY
CAPITAL ASSET
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
CAPITALIZATION
CENTRAL BANK
COMMERCIAL BANK
COMMERCIAL BANKING
CONSOLIDATION
CONTESTABILITY
CURRENCY
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT RATES
DEPOSITS
DEREGULATION
DERIVATIVE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
DOMESTIC BANK
DOMESTIC BANKS
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES
EXIT FRAMEWORK
EXTERNAL AUDITORS
FAILURE RESOLUTION
FINANCIAL COSTS
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR ASSESSMENT
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL STABILITY
FOREIGN BANK
FOREIGN BANK PARTICIPATION
FOREIGN BANKS
FOREIGN PENETRATION
FRAUD
GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM
GOVERNMENT BANK
GOVERNMENT BANKS
HOLDING
HOLDING COMPANIES
INCUMBENT BANKS
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
INPUT PRICE
INPUT PRICES
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INSURANCE
INSURANCE ACTIVITIES
INSURANCES
INTEREST EXPENSES
INTEREST INCOME
INTEREST RATE
INTEREST RATE SPREADS
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL AUDITING STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
ISSUANCE
JOINT VENTURE
JUDICIAL ENVIRONMENT
LACK OF COMPETITION
LAWS
LENDING INSTRUMENTS
LEVY
LIBERALIZATION
LIQUIDATION
LIQUIDITY
LOAN
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MARGINAL COSTS
MARKET POWER
MARKET STRUCTURE
MONEY MARKET
MONOPOLY
MORTGAGE
MORTGAGE LOANS
MUTUAL FUND
MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
OUTPUT
OUTPUTS
OVERDRAFT
OVERDRAFT FACILITIES
OVERDRAFTS
PERSONNEL EXPENSES
PRIME RATE
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
PROFITABILITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
REGULATORS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RETAIL
RETURN ON ASSETS
SECURITIES
SHARE OF ASSETS
SHAREHOLDERS
SOURCE OF FUNDS
SOURCES OF FUNDS
SPREAD
SUBSIDIARIES
SUBSIDIARY
SUPERVISION OF BANKS
SUPERVISORY AGENCY
TAX
TAX RETURN
TAXATION
TIME DEPOSITS
TRACK RECORD
TRANSPARENCY
UNION
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
Martínez Pería, María Soledad
A Framework for Analyzing Competition in the Banking Sector : An Application to the Case of Jordan
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Jordan
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5499
description This paper proposes a framework to analyze competition in the banking sector using Jordan as an example. In particular, the paper pursues a multi-pronged approach to analyze competition including (i) an examination of the extent to which the market is contestable (that is, has low barriers to bank entry and exit), (b) an evaluation of the behavior of bank spreads, and (iii) an assessment of non-structural and direct measures of bank competition such as the H-statistic and the Lerner Index. This approach provides a more comprehensive framework to examine competition in the banking sector, compared with the commonly used alternative of looking only at bank concentration figures. In the case of Jordan, the analysis indicates that although concentration has declined, competition in the country is low and has decreased over time.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
Martínez Pería, María Soledad
author_facet Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
Martínez Pería, María Soledad
author_sort Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
title A Framework for Analyzing Competition in the Banking Sector : An Application to the Case of Jordan
title_short A Framework for Analyzing Competition in the Banking Sector : An Application to the Case of Jordan
title_full A Framework for Analyzing Competition in the Banking Sector : An Application to the Case of Jordan
title_fullStr A Framework for Analyzing Competition in the Banking Sector : An Application to the Case of Jordan
title_full_unstemmed A Framework for Analyzing Competition in the Banking Sector : An Application to the Case of Jordan
title_sort framework for analyzing competition in the banking sector : an application to the case of jordan
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101213102840
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3982
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