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Competition in the Canadian Personal Finance Sector

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This paper employs cross-section continuous time series data to examine competition in the Canadian personal finance sector for the period 1987-90. Using a generalised linear pricing model, firm entry is found to be significant in the setting of deposit and mortgage rates, suggesting the presence an incontestable market structure consistent with Cournot oligopoly. There is also evidence of price-making behaviour and relative bargainlripoff products. For three of the four products studied, a 'fifth column' consisting of the 12 major banks and trust companies best explain pricing in these markets

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  • Shelagh Heffernan, 1994. "Competition in the Canadian Personal Finance Sector," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 1(3), pages 323-338.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ijecbs:v:1:y:1994:i:3:p:323-338
    DOI: 10.1080/758536225
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    Keywords

    Canadian personal finance sector; Generalised linear pricing model; Fifth column; JEL classifications: G21; E43; L13;
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets

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