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The Evolution of Competition of the Tunisian Banking Sector: An Empirical Analysis
Niazi Kammoun
; Higher School of Business, University of Sfax,Sfax, Tunisia
Ahmed Ammar
; Higher School of Business, University of Sfax,Sfax, Tunisia
Sažetak
This paper analyzes the evolution of competition in the Tunisian banking sector in the
period 2000 - 2008, which is a period of deregulation, liberalization and consolidation of
the sector. For this purpose, we use two indicators of the competition from the theory of
the industrial organization (the Lerner index and the Panzar and Rosse’s H-statistic). The
empirical evidence does not permit us to reject the existence of monopolistic competition.
The evolution of Lerner index over the period of study shows a low tendency to concentration.
The movements of the mergers of the banking institutions seem to be slow, as a big
effort of cleaning their balance sheets remains to be achieved before banks can merge.
Ključne riječi
Banking Competition; Concentration; Market power; Panzar and Rosse Methodology; Lerner index
Hrčak ID:
102028
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Datum izdavanja:
1.5.2013.
Posjeta: 2.414 *