The Degree of Competition in the Malaysian Dual Banking Industry

Nafisah Mohammed (), Junaina Muhammad () and Abdul Ismail ()
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Nafisah Mohammed: Pusat Global dan Ekonomi Digital Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 Bangi Selangor MALAYSIA
Junaina Muhammad: Jabatan Perakaunan dan Kewangan Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang Selangor MALAYSIA
Abdul Ismail: Chief Executive/Professor of Islamic Financial Economics Johor Islamic Studies College Jalan Herman, Kg Aman Larkin Jaya 80350 Johor Bahru MALAYSIA Chairperson Organization of Islamic Studies and Thoughts 45719, Desa Damai Putra Teras Jernang 43650 Bandar Baru Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan MALAYSIA

Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 2018, vol. 52, issue 3, 71-89

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the degree of competition in the Malaysian dual banking industry to address the question of whether Islamic banks are able to cope with competition from the well-established conventional banks. The Panzar-Rosse (PR) method has been used to measure the degree of competition in Islamic compared with conventional banking market over the period of 1997-2016. Present study uses static panel data estimation to estimate the developed models. Results from the H-statistics values using total income show that level of competition in the Islamic banking market is more intense than conventional banking market. Hence, providing evidence that Islamic banks are able to compete with conventional banks that have long history of establishment. The H-statistic values using total interest income also indicate the same result, hence supporting the robustness of these results. The findings also show the effectiveness of policy changes adopted by Bank Negara Malaysia in order to increase level of competition in both banking markets. Hence, knowledge on this issue is important to the policy makers for them to formulate new policy regarding banking competition.

Keywords: Bank; Panzar-Rosse model; competition; market structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.17576/JEM-2018-5203-6

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