Remarks on Bank Competition and Convergence Dynamics

In a recent paper, Karadima and Louri use frontier-based measures of market power and bank competition in an application to Euro Area banking. The purpose of the present note is to access their paper in a critical way, as there are certain fallacies and errors.

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Main Author: Mike G. Tsionas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Risk and Financial Management
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/13/5/101
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spelling doaj-e38d9d2628cb43d5b9494721dbb9bfa42020-11-25T03:36:07ZengMDPI AGJournal of Risk and Financial Management1911-80661911-80742020-05-011310110110.3390/jrfm13050101Remarks on Bank Competition and Convergence DynamicsMike G. Tsionas0Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YX, UKIn a recent paper, Karadima and Louri use frontier-based measures of market power and bank competition in an application to Euro Area banking. The purpose of the present note is to access their paper in a critical way, as there are certain fallacies and errors.https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/13/5/101bank competitionlerner indexstochastic frontier models
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Journal of Risk and Financial Management
bank competition
lerner index
stochastic frontier models
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title Remarks on Bank Competition and Convergence Dynamics
title_short Remarks on Bank Competition and Convergence Dynamics
title_full Remarks on Bank Competition and Convergence Dynamics
title_fullStr Remarks on Bank Competition and Convergence Dynamics
title_full_unstemmed Remarks on Bank Competition and Convergence Dynamics
title_sort remarks on bank competition and convergence dynamics
publisher MDPI AG
series Journal of Risk and Financial Management
issn 1911-8066
1911-8074
publishDate 2020-05-01
description In a recent paper, Karadima and Louri use frontier-based measures of market power and bank competition in an application to Euro Area banking. The purpose of the present note is to access their paper in a critical way, as there are certain fallacies and errors.
topic bank competition
lerner index
stochastic frontier models
url https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/13/5/101
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