A New Measure of Competition in the Financial Industry (eBook, PDF)

The Performance-Conduct-Structure Indicator
Redaktion: Bikker, Jacob; Leuvensteijn, Michiel van

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Competition is of key importance for the welfare of consumers and producers, particularly in the financial industry where competition is hampered by the opaqueness typical of financial products. However, in practice, the measurement of competition in financial markets is still a puzzle for the economic literature and for business analysts.This book introduces and explains a relatively new approach, the PCS indicator, through its application to 46 countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136013126
• Artikelnr.: 41499674

Autorenporträt

Jacob Bikker is Research-coordinator, Supervisory Policy Division, Strategy Department, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Professor, Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Michiel van Leuvensteijn is Senior Policy Advisor, Group Strategy and Policy Division, All Pension Group (APG), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Jacob A. Bikker and Michiel van Leuvensteijn 2. Potential
obstacles to competition in the financial sector Jacob A. Bikker and
Michiel van Leuvensteijn 3. The efficiency of firms: what difference does
competition make? Hay and Liu 4. Indicators of competition and their
performance Jacob A. Bikker and Michiel van Leuvensteijn 5. Identifying
different competition regimes Kool and van Leuvensteijn 6. Measuring
competition in the euro area loan markets Bikker, van Leuvensteijn, van
Rixtel, Kok-Sørensen 7. Impact of bank competition on the interest rate
pass-through in the euro area Bikker, van Leuvensteijn, Kok-Sørensen, and
van Rixtel 8. Competition in the life insurance industry Jacob A. Bikker
and Michiel van Leuvensteijn 9. Performance of the Dutch non-life insurance
industry: competition, efficiency and focus Jacob A. Bikker and Michiel van
Leuvensteijn 10. The impact of the credit crisis and state intervention on
competition and final remarks Jacob A. Bikker and Michiel van Leuvensteijn