A New Measure of Competition in the Financial Industry: The Performance-Conduct-Structure Indicator

ISBN-13: 9780367669362 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 208 str.

Jacob Bikker; Michiel Van Leuvensteijn

Opis

Competition is of key importance for the welfare of consumers and producers, particularly in the financial industry where competition is hampered by the opaqueness typical of financial products. However, in practice, the measurement of competition in financial markets is still a puzzle for the economic literature and for business analysts.This b

Spis treści

1. Introduction Jacob A. Bikker and Michiel van Leuvensteijn 2. Potential obstacles to competition in the financial sector Jacob A. Bikker and Michiel van Leuvensteijn 3. The efficiency of firms: what difference does competition make? Hay and Liu 4. Indicators of competition and their performance Jacob A. Bikker and Michiel van Leuvensteijn 5. Identifying different competition regimes Kool and van Leuvensteijn  6. Measuring competition in the euro area loan markets Bikker, van Leuvensteijn, van Rixtel, Kok-Sørensen 7. Impact of bank competition on the interest rate pass-through in the euro area Bikker, van Leuvensteijn, Kok-Sørensen, and van Rixtel 8. Competition in the life insurance industry Jacob A. Bikker and Michiel van Leuvensteijn 9. Performance of the Dutch non-life insurance industry: competition, efficiency and focus Jacob A. Bikker and Michiel van Leuvensteijn 10. The impact of the credit crisis and state intervention on competition and final remarks Jacob A. Bikker and Michiel van Leuvensteijn

O autorze

Jacob Bikker is Research-coordinator, Supervisory Policy Division, Strategy Department, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Professor, Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.

Michiel van Leuvensteijn is Senior Policy Advisor, Group Strategy and Policy Division, All Pension Group (APG), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.