The competitive nature of the Arab Middle Eastern banking markets

Waleed Murjan and Cristina Ruza

International Advances in Economic Research, 2002, vol. 8, issue 4, 267-274

Abstract: The competitive nature of the Arab Middle Eastern (AME) banking markets during the 1990s is the focus subject of this study. Using banks data from nine AME countries, and utilizing the so-called Rosse-Panzar test to quantitatively appraise the dominant competitive conditions in these markets between 1993–97, this study concluded that banking markets have been operating in the region under conditions of monopolistic competition. An important finding revealed by this study is that in the AME region, where two distinct economic spectrums dominate the markets, banking sector in the oil-producing countries (Gulf States) appears to be less competitive than its counterpart in non-oil countries. Copyright International Atlantic Economic Society 2002

Date: 2002
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