Bank Competition in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region

This paper studies the extent of bank competition in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region during 1994-2008, using non-structural measures of competition such as the H-statistic and the Lerner index. Both these measures suggest that banking sector competition in MENA is lower relative to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anzoategui, Diego, Martinez Peria, Maria S., Rocha, Roberto R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4624