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Assessing Competition in the Bulgarian Insurance Industry: A Panzar-Rosse Approach

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  • Aleksandar B. Todorov

    (Department of Economics, University of Economics - Varna)

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The study assesses the competitive behavior in the Bulgarian general insurance industry by applying an empirical methodology developed by Panzar & Rosse (1987). Based on company data from insurers' balance sheets and profit and loss accounts for the period between 2005 and 2014 a reduced-form revenue equation is estimated. The information about the insurers' competitive behavior is provided by the sum of the estimated factor price elasticities, which constitute the so called H-statistic. The fixed effects panel estimation suggests that the hypotheses of monopoly or collusive behavior cannot be rejected. These findings suggest that the Bulgarian insurance market is far from being perfectly competitive and may require further actions to promote its competitive development.

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  • Aleksandar B. Todorov, 2016. "Assessing Competition in the Bulgarian Insurance Industry: A Panzar-Rosse Approach," Bulgarian Economic Papers bep-2016-04, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski - Bulgaria // Center for Economic Theories and Policies at Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, revised Mar 2016.
    • Handle: RePEc:sko:wpaper:bep-2016-04
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    4. Camino-Mogro, Segundo & Armijos-Bravo, Grace & Cornejo-Marcos, Gino, 2019. "Competition in the insurance industry in Ecuador: An econometric analysis in life and non-life markets," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 291-302.

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    • G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices

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