Market structure and competitive conditions in the Arab GCC banking system

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3487-3501

  Al Muharrami, Saeed ^a   Matthews, Kent ^b   Khabari, Yusuf ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Concentration; GCC countries; k bank concentration ratio (CRk) and Herfindahl Hirschman Index (HHI); Market structure; Panzar Rosse model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750865438     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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