Bank oligopoly competition analysis using a differential equations model

Miltiadis Chalikias, Panagiota Lalou, Michalis Skordoulis, Perikles Papadopoulos and Stavros Fatouros

International Journal of Operational Research, 2020, vol. 38, issue 1, 137-145

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to propose a model of differential equations that will be able to be applied in a bank oligopoly competition case. The differential equations model will be based on Lanchester's combat model, a well-known mathematical theory of war. Due to the fact that an oligopoly of four banks will be examined, the proposed model will consist of a 4x4 differential equations system. Many researchers have already concluded that mathematical theories of war models can be successfully applied to business cases as there are many similarities between the battle fields and the business competition. Since the proposed model's predictions concern the deposits evolution, this model can contribute in the analysis of the competition between the four major banks in Greece. The statistical analyses carried out confirm the model's good fit.

Keywords: operations research; Lanchester combat model; differential equations; oligopoly; bank competition; banking sector. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=106364 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijores:v:38:y:2020:i:1:p:137-145

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Operational Research from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().