Deregulation, integration and market structure in European banking

Jordi Gual ()
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Jordi Gual: IESE Business School, Postal: IESE Business School. Research Division, Av Pearson 21, 08034 Barcelona, SPAIN

No D/397, IESE Research Papers from IESE Business School

Abstract: This paper analyzes the impact of deregulation and market integration policies on the structure of European banking markets. It argues that whether European integration will lead to large increases in EU-wide concentration will depend on the extent to which competition in banking is based on endogenous sunk costs or, alternatively, on variable costs and exogenous sunk costs. The paper also highlights the role of own funds as a source of endogenous increasing returns. Finally, it proposes an empirical test of the dominant form of competition. This procedure is applied to data for eleven EU countries during the period 1981-1995.

Keywords: Deregulation; European banking markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 1999-10-10
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