Measuring competition using the Boone relative profit difference indicator

Duygun, Meryem; Shaban, Mohamed; Weyman-Jones, Thomas

Abstract

This paper suggests a method for implementing the theoretical relative profit difference test for intensity of competition due to Boone (2008). An empirical illustration is given for banking systems in emerging economies.

Citation

Duygun, M., Shaban, M., & Weyman-Jones, T. (2015). Measuring competition using the Boone relative profit difference indicator. Economics letters, 132, 117-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.04.022

• Acceptance Date: Apr 21, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Apr 29, 2015
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Dec 15, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Economics letters
• Print ISSN: 0165-1765
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 132
• Pages: 117-120
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.04.022
• Keywords: Competition, Efficiency, Relative profit difference
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/382600
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176515001731
• Additional Information: Authors' accepted manuscript of article published in: Economics letters, 2015, v.132.