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Concentration and Competition in Banking Sector of Pakistan: Empirical Evidence

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  • Mahmood ul Hasan Khan

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The paper measures the degree of competition in the banking sector of Pakistan by using a long-existing structural approach developed by Panzar and Rosse (PR) in context of market contestability. A reduced from revenue equation is estimated by using panel data consisting of 26 banks from 1997 to 2007. The various tests on PR-H Statistics suggest that banking sector of Pakistan as a whole is consistent with a monopolistically competitive market structure. Failure to reject the null of long-run equilibrium of the banking sector, a key assumption of PR-H Statistic, lends more credence to the finding of underlying degree of competition. Length: 18 pages

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  • Mahmood ul Hasan Khan, 2009. "Concentration and Competition in Banking Sector of Pakistan: Empirical Evidence," SBP Working Paper Series 28, State Bank of Pakistan, Research Department.
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    Keywords

    Concentration; competition; market contestability; banking system;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D4 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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