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Competition and Efficiency in the Czech Banking Sector

In: CNB Financial Stability Report 2007

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This article offers empirical evidence on the evolution of competition in the banking sector and its relationship to the cost efficiency of banks in the Czech Republic between 1994 and 2005. First, we measured the level and evolution of competition and cost efficiency. Competition was measured with the Lerner index on the loan market, using quarterly data on loan prices. Then we investigated the relationship and causality between competition and efficiency using the Granger-causality test. This supported a negative causality running from competition to efficiency (the "banking specificities" hypothesis). By contrast, our results reject the "quiet life" hypothesis for the Czech banking sector, according to which competition should positively influence efficiency.

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  • Anca Podpiera, 2008. "Competition and Efficiency in the Czech Banking Sector," Occasional Publications - Chapters in Edited Volumes, in: CNB Financial Stability Report 2007, chapter 0, pages 86-93, Czech National Bank.
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    1. Roman Horváth & Jakub Seidler & Laurent Weill, 2014. "Bank Capital and Liquidity Creation: Granger-Causality Evidence," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, vol. 45(3), pages 341-361, June.
    2. Martin Boďa, 2019. "Zmena produktivity vo viacročných obdobiach: Hicksov-Moorsteenov index, jeho dekompozícia a banková aplikácia [Productivity Change in Multi-year Periods: the Hicks-Moorsteen Index, Its Decompositio," Politická ekonomie, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2019(2), pages 157-180.
    3. Fungáčová, Zuzana & Pessarossi, Pierre & Weill, Laurent, 2013. "Is bank competition detrimental to efficiency? Evidence from China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 27(C), pages 121-134.
    4. Bishnu Prasad Neupane, 2016. "Competition in Nepalese Commercial Banks," NRB Economic Review, Nepal Rastra Bank, Economic Research Department, vol. 28(2), pages 75-89, October.
    5. Ongena, Steven & Tümer-Alkan, Günseli & Vermeer, Bram, 2011. "Corporate choice of banks: Decision factors, decision maker, and decision process -- First evidence," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 326-351, April.

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