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dc.contributor.authorCerasi, Vittoriaen
dc.contributor.authorChizzolini, Barbaraen
dc.contributor.authorIvaldi, Marcen
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-25-
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-22T10:44:17Z-
dc.date.available2010-12-22T10:44:17Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/43571-
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses the relation between competition and concentration in the banking sector. The empirical answer is given by testing a monopolistic competition model of bank branching behaviour on individual bank data at county level (départements and provinces) in France and Italy. We propose a measure of the degree of competiveness in each local market that is function also of market structure indicators. We then use the econometric model to evaluate the impact of horizontal mergers among incumbent banks on competition and discuss when, depending on the pre-merger structure of the market and geographic distribution of branches, the merger is anti-competitive. The paper has implications for competition policy as it suggests an applied tool to evaluate the potential anti-competitive impact of mergers.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aFondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) |cMilanoen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aNota di Lavoro |x2010,95en
dc.subject.jelG21en
dc.subject.jelL13en
dc.subject.jelL59en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordBanking Industryen
dc.subject.keywordCompetition and Market Structureen
dc.subject.keywordMerger Policyen
dc.titleThe impact of mergers on the degree of competition in the banking industry-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn640609244en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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