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Measuring competition using the Boone relative profit difference indicator

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  • Duygun, Meryem
  • Shaban, Mohamed
  • Weyman-Jones, Thomas

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This paper suggests a method for implementing the theoretical relative profit difference test for intensity of competition due to Boone (2008). An empirical illustration is given for banking systems in emerging economies

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  • Duygun, Meryem & Shaban, Mohamed & Weyman-Jones, Thomas, 2015. "Measuring competition using the Boone relative profit difference indicator," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 117-120.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:132:y:2015:i:c:p:117-120
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.04.022
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    Keywords

    Competition; Efficiency; Relative profit difference;
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    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets

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