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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Main Authors:	Anzoategui, Diego, Martinez Peria, Maria S., Rocha, Roberto R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Banks Other Depository Institutions Micro Finance Institutions Mortgages G210 Production, Pricing, and Market Structure Size Distribution of Firms L110 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4624

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spelling	okr-10986-46242021-04-23T14:02:18Z Bank Competition in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region Anzoategui, Diego Martinez Peria, Maria S. Rocha, Roberto R. Banks Other Depository Institutions Micro Finance Institutions Mortgages G210 Production, Pricing, and Market Structure Size Distribution of Firms L110 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160 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 other regions and has not improved in recent years. An analysis of the determinants of competition across countries suggests that lower levels of competition in MENA are explained by a worse credit information environment and lower market contestability. 2012-03-30T07:28:53Z 2012-03-30T07:28:53Z 2010 Journal Article Review of Middle East Economics and Finance 14753685 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4624 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Middle East North Africa
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description	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 other regions and has not improved in recent years. An analysis of the determinants of competition across countries suggests that lower levels of competition in MENA are explained by a worse credit information environment and lower market contestability.
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author	Anzoategui, Diego Martinez Peria, Maria S. Rocha, Roberto R.
author_facet	Anzoategui, Diego Martinez Peria, Maria S. Rocha, Roberto R.
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title	Bank Competition in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region
title_short	Bank Competition in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region
title_full	Bank Competition in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region
title_fullStr	Bank Competition in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region
title_full_unstemmed	Bank Competition in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region
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Bank Competition in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region

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