Market concentration and nonlinear pricing in European banking

Antonis Michis

Journal of Economics and Business, 2016, vol. 85, issue C, 12 pages

Abstract: An econometric test is proposed to show the existence of nonlinear pricing in the European market for loans. The test incorporates a measure of industry concentration to examine the impact of market structure on the use of nonlinear pricing tactics by banks. Econometric results using a panel dataset consisting of seven European countries suggest that nonlinear pricing is associated with increasing monopoly power in European banking.

Keywords: Lending interest rates; Market concentration; Nonlinear pricing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G21 L11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2016.02.003

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