Concentration and Competition in Serbian Banking Sector

Rajko Bukvić ()

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Abstract: The paper analyzes the degree of concentration and competition in Serbian banking sector on the basis of bank financial statements for year 2016. It uses the traditional concentration indicators (CRn and HH indices), as well as the relatively rarely used Linda indices. The concentration degree is calculated based on five variables: total assets, deposits, capital, bank operating income and loans. It was demonstrated that in the case of the relatively large number of banks in Serbia, the existing concentration degree is low, which provides suitable conditions for the development of healthy competition among them.

Keywords: Concentration; competition; banking sector; Serbia; indices Linda; Herfindahl-Hirschman index; concentration ratio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C38 G21 L10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017, Revised 2017
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Published in The Scientific Journal of Cahul State University "Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu": Economic and Engineering Studies 2 (2017): pp. 4-12

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