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Market Structure and Bank Fragility: Application to the Tunisian Banking System

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  • Abbes-Hamza Raoudha

    (University of Economics and Management, Sfax, Tunisia)

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The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of market structure on bank fragility. We take the case of the Tunisian banking system during the period 1990-2012 and we use panel data for 10 Tunisian banks. The main conclusions show that the Tunisian banking sector fragility and risk taking by banks are explained by market structure. This structure is determined in another work where we found that banks in Tunisia operate in monopolistic competition. Indeed, the Tunisian banking system suffers from fragility that refl ects mainly the large share of nonperforming loans and whose principal cause the banking market structure. JEL Classification: D40, G21, L11

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  • Abbes-Hamza Raoudha, 2014. "Market Structure and Bank Fragility: Application to the Tunisian Banking System," Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, vol. 17(2), pages 1-20, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:zag:zirebs:v:17:y:2014:i:2:p:1-20
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    1. Mogaji, Peter Kehinde, 2018. "Probit Modelling and Evaluation of Banking Sector Fragility within the West African Monetary Zone," MPRA Paper 98695, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    market structure; competition; banking fragility; banking stability; market power;
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    JEL classification:

    • D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms

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