In this paper we investigate the relationship between market structure and profitability for the Italian banking industry over the period 1999-2016, taking into account also banks’ efficiency. Our empirical results provide support to the ‘efficient-structure’ hypothesis, while market structure variables – and the related noticeable concentration process of the last decades – seem not to have affected banks’ returns.
Market structure, efficiency and profitability in the Italian banking sector
Coccorese, Paolo
;Cardone, Antonio
2020
Abstract
In this paper we investigate the relationship between market structure and profitability for the Italian banking industry over the period 1999-2016, taking into account also banks’ efficiency. Our empirical results provide support to the ‘efficient-structure’ hypothesis, while market structure variables – and the related noticeable concentration process of the last decades – seem not to have affected banks’ returns.File in questo prodotto:
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