A test of competition in Brazilian banking

This paper implements an empirical test of market power for Brazilian banking based on Bresnahan (1982) and Lau (1982). A dynamic version of the test is applied. The results show that the banking industry inBrazilis highly competitive, although the perfect competition hypothesis is rejected. The hyp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Nakane, Márcio Issao
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/117799
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/article/view/117799
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:banking competition
Brazilian banking
concorrência bancária
bancos brasileiros
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Sumario:This paper implements an empirical test of market power for Brazilian banking based on Bresnahan (1982) and Lau (1982). A dynamic version of the test is applied. The results show that the banking industry inBrazilis highly competitive, although the perfect competition hypothesis is rejected. The hypothesis that Brazilian banks behave like a cartel arrangement is also rejected.