Explaining the market power of Ghanaian banks

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 569-585

  Aboagye, Q Q Anthony ^a,c   Akoena, S K ^a   Antwi Asare, T O ^a   Gockel, A F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c NONE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Banks; Ghana; Lerner Index; Market power

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COMPETITIVENESS; FINANCIAL MARKET; MACROECONOMICS; MARKET SYSTEM;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 59749091530     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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