Testing the relationship between competition and efficiency in banking: A panel data analysis

Barbara Casu and Claudia Girardone ()

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 105, issue 1, pages 134-137

Abstract: The relationship between competition and efficiency in the banking sectors of five EU countries is investigated using Granger-type causality test estimations. We find positive causation between market power and efficiency, whereas the causality running from efficiency to competition is weak.

Keywords: Competition; Efficiency; Granger; causality; Banking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009

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