Is the market concentration and interest-rates relationship in the Mexican commercial banking industry a sign of efficiency?

Clemente Hernandez-Rodriguez ()
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Clemente Hernandez-Rodriguez: ITESM Campus Guadalajara

EconoQuantum, Revista de Economia y Finanzas, 2005, vol. 1, issue 2, 7-38

Abstract: This paper investigates the functional relationship between concentration and interest-rates in the Mexican commercial banking industry. A fundamental contribution of this essay is the use of parametric, nonparametric, and semiparametric procedures to determine the functional form of the concentration and interest-rate relationship. Regularities across products are checked. The semiparametric estimation dominates the other methods. The resulting functional form seems to support the prediction of the structure-conduct-performance paradigm of a positive concentration-price relationship.

Keywords: Market Concentration; Interest-Rate; Semiparametric Estimation; Structure-Conduct-Performance Paradigm; Efficient-Structure Paradigm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 G21 L10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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