The Evolution of Competition of the Tunisian Banking Sector: An Empirical Analysis

Niazi Kammoun Ahmed Ammar
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Niazi Kammoun Ahmed Ammar: Higher School of Business, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia Higher School of Business, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, 2013, vol. 16, issue 1, 17-35

Abstract: This paper analyzes the evolution of competition in the Tunisian banking sector in the period 2000 - 2008, which is a period of deregulation, liberalization and consolidation of the sector. For this purpose, we use two indicators of the competition from the theory of the industrial organization (the Lerner index and the Panzar and Rosse’s H-statistic). The empirical evidence does not permit us to reject the existence of monopolistic competition. The evolution of Lerner index over the period of study shows a low tendency to concentration. The movements of the mergers of the banking institutions seem to be slow, as a big effort of cleaning their balance sheets remains to be achieved before banks can merge. JEL Classification:G28

Keywords: Banking Competition; Concentration; Market power; Panzar and Rosse Methodology; Lerner index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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