Market power in GCC banking sector
| Author | Haskour, Joseph Antoine |
| Author | Abdulqader, Khalid Shams |
| Author | Zeitun, Rami |
| Available date | 2023-11-26T07:18:29Z |
| Publication Date | 2011 |
| Publication Name | Banks and Bank Systems |
| Citation | Joseph Antoine Haskour, Khalid Shams Abdulqader and Rami Zeitun (2011). Market power in GCC banking sector. Banks and Bank Systems, 6(4), 73-83. |
| ISSN | 1816-7403 |
| Abstract | This study attempts to find whether market concentration has been a main driver for market power in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking industry over the period of 2002-2008. Using the methodology of the new empirical industrial organization approach that measures the Lerner index as a proxy of the market power, the results highlight evidence for market power in GCC banking sector with mean Lerner index of 42% for the period of study. The results, however, indicate that more concentration and consolidation contributed in lessening the market power in GCC countries over the study period. |
| Language | en |
| Publisher | Consulting Publishing Company |
| Subject | market power banking sector GCC Lerner index traditional IO new empirical IO competition concentration |
| Type | Article |
| Pagination | 73-83 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 6 |
| ESSN | 1991-7074 |
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