Whither competition in Malaysia’s banking industry ex post a restructuring

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinfah Chung ◽  
Ariff Mohd
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Monopolistic Competition ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Banking Competition ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Ex Post

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report how banking competition has fared ex post a major consolidation exercise completed during 2002-2004, which led to a complete restructuring of the sector in Malaysia. Nothing is known about the competitiveness of banking system ex post a major consolidation of banks in any country including Malaysia, a middle-income economy. Design/methodology/approach The authors apply two models, the Panzar and Rosse (1997) and the Lerner index (1934). The two competitiveness measures are quite refined, well received by researchers, but has yet been applied to measure banking sector competitiveness of a middle-income country to characterize post-merger behavior using post-global-crisis data set. The data were complemented by documentary analysis, including brand documents, descriptions of internal processes and copies of employee magazine articles. Findings The results indicate that, after 11 years of consolidation, the banking sector is not operating under perfect or monopolistic competition. Malaysia’s banking industry continues to benefit the charter holders at increasingly lower level because a cartel-like environment still provides trade-off of competition costs before 2002/2004 with the costs from a cartel-like industry structures now. There is only a weak evidence that, in recent years, the banking sector is moving toward more competition. Research limitations/implications The chosen area of research is to test the response of the banking sector ex post consolidation after a crisis. It enables researcher to compare results with those of other countries and may not be generalizable. Practical implications The findings reported in this study using corroborating measures for the first time, appear to suggest increasing concentration from consolidation may lead to the undesirable cartel-like industry structure where the exercise of market power in the name of stability may not be welfare promoting. Originality/value This paper fulfills an identified need to study how the banking sector has performed ex post consolidation after a crisis.

scholarly journals Relationship between competition and efficiency in the Czech banking industry

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (7) ◽  
pp. 2701-2707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iveta Řepková ◽  
Daniel Stavárek
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Monopolistic Competition ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Reverse Effect ◽  
Banking Competition ◽  
Johansen Cointegration Test ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the paper is to estimate the relationship between competition and efficiency in the Czech banking industry in the period 2001–2010. The theoretical definition and literature review of the relationship between banking competition and efficiency is included. Lerner index and Data Envelopment Analysis were used to estimate the degree of competition and efficiency in the Czech banking sector. The market structure of the Czech banking industry was estimated as a monopolistic competition and it was found a slight increase in the competition in the banking sector. The efficiency of the Czech banks increased in the analysed period. Using a Johansen cointegration test, the paper contributes to the empirical literature, testing not only the causality running from competition to efficiency, but also the reverse effect running from efficiency to competition. The positive relationship between competition and efficiency was estimated in the Czech banking sector. These findings are in line with the Quiet Life Hypothesis and the suggestions that the increase of the competition will contribute to efficiency.

scholarly journals Competition between conventional and Islamic banks in Malaysia revisited

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1771-1789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafik Harkati ◽  
Syed Musa Alhabshi ◽  
Salina Kassim
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Monopolistic Competition ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Perfect Competition ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Conventional And Islamic Banks

Purpose This paper aims to assess the nature of competition between conventional and Islamic banks operating in Malaysia. It is an effort to enrich the existing literature by offering an empirical compromise on the differences in the results of studies related to competition between the two types of banks. Design/methodology/approach Secondary data on all banks operating in Malaysia’s diversified banking sector is collected from the FitchConnect database for the period 2011-2017. A non-structural measure of competition (H-statistic) as informed by Panzar–Rosse is used to measure the competition between conventional and Islamic banks. Panel data analysis techniques are used to estimate H-statistic. Wald test for the market structure of perfect competition/monopoly is used to affirm the validity and consistency of the results. Findings The findings of this study signify that the Malaysian banking sector operated under monopolistic competition during the period of study. The long-run equilibrium condition holds for the Malaysian banking sector. Competition among conventional banks is more intense than that among Islamic banks. Financial reform endeavours of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) along with the liberalisation wave of the financial system were successful in promoting competition, rendering the financial system contestable, resilient and dynamic. Practical implications Regulators and policymakers may find the results beneficial in terms of rethinking the number of banks operating in the Islamic sector. The number of banks, however, is not the only determinant of competition in the banking sector. Implications of competition change for stability and risk-taking behaviour of banks should be considered. Originality/value Within the context of Malaysia’s diversified banking system, given the contradictory results reported in studies on competition, this study is an effort to provide a plausible middle ground. It suggests a possible answer as to why competition nature has not changed since the policy change initiatives of BNM, namely, banks merger, expansion of Islamic banking operation scope and liberalisation process.

Bank competition in India: revisiting the application of Panzar–Rosse model

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 1455-1477
Author(s):  
Bijoy Rakshit ◽  
Samaresh Bardhan
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Monopolistic Competition ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Annual Data ◽  
Bank Competition ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe paper measures the degree of bank competition in Indian banking over the period 1996–2016. Using bank-level annual data, we revisit the case of banking competitiveness during the prefinancial and postfinancial crisis and examine whether the global financial crisis alters the level of bank competition in India. Additionally, this paper addresses the misspecification issues associated with the widely used Panzar–Rosse model in Indian banking context.Design/methodology/approachWe apply Panzar and Rosse (1987) H-statistic and evaluate the degree of bank competition by estimating the extent to which changes in input prices are reflected in revenues earned by banks. Subsequently, we link this measure of competitiveness to a number of structural indicators (HHI and CRn) to examine the structure-conduct-performance hypothesis, which assumes that a concentrated banking system can impair competition. The simple panel regression model was used to handle the empirical estimations.Findingsfindings reveal that the Indian banking system operates under competitive conditions and earns revenues as if under the monopolistic competition. We also find evidence that Indian banks are competitive, even under a concentrated market structure. This observation runs, in contrary, to the prediction of the structure–conduct–performance hypothesis. The findings also indicate the differences in the estimated H-statistic value after considering the misspecifications of the P–R model.Practical implicationsFrom policy perspectives, policymakers should focus more on maintaining an optimal level of bank competition by mitigating entry restrictions, exercising less consolidation and withdrawing overregulation from banking activities. A competitive banking industry ensures both efficiency and stability.Social implicationsA competitive banking sector by lowering interest rates margin provides easier access to finance to both households and small and medium enterprises (SMEs).Originality/valueThis is the only study that addresses the misspecification of the P–R model while assessing competition in Indian banking and provides a thorough understanding of the role of concentration on bank competition.

scholarly journals Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Effects of the Banking Sector Development Policy in Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-61
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Banking Supervision ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Banking Competition ◽  
Public Sector Banks ◽  
Competition Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Structural Methods

This article studies the impact of banking supervision on the Russian banking sector structure. The article also discusses the main challenges facing the banking system and the macroeconomic role of the Bank of Russia’s supervisory policy. Taking into account some features of the national banking sector, the author justifies the current strict banking supervision despite all possible short- and longterm negative effects of this policy. For example, static and dynamic estimates of the competition level in the Russian banking sector, which were obtained using structural and non-structural methods, show a low competition level. A noncompetitive banking industry increases costs in the economy and exacerbates existing imbalances. For this reason, the paper considers key measures that contribute to the development of banking competition. The article emphasizes the great importance of the goals of building a full three-tier banking system and privatization of public sector banks. However, strict banking supervision and consolidation of the banking industry have reduced the impact of negative factors on the supply of loans and increased the Russian banking sector’s sustainability. These positive changes and macroeconomic reform provide the basis for stable economic growth. The main results obtained can be used by national authorities to develop the Russian banking system.

scholarly journals Analisis Persaingan Perbankan Syariah Indonesia: Aplikasi Model Panzar-Rosse

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Rahmatina A. Kasri ◽  
Nur Iman
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Monopolistic Competition ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Banking Competition ◽  
High Data ◽  
Opposite Case ◽  
Conventional Banks

Indonesia is among the few countries that adopts dual banking system where Islamic banks run in parallel and compete with conventional banks. Although under such a system banking competition would be expected to be high, data tend to show the opposite case, as three Islamics banks acquired 65 percent of market share in Indonesia. This study, therefore, attempts to determine the degree of banking competition in Indonesia by employing the Panzar-Rosse Model for 2003-2008 period. The study also analyses the competitive behaviors of Islamic banks and compares it with those of its conventional counterparts. The estimated model suggests that monopolistic competition exists in the overall banking industry—the degree is even slightly higher for Islamic banking, where the market is characterized by aggressive competition for funding, quality human resources, and financing. Such competition occurs due to, among others, small market size, low consumer base, lack of product variations, and lack of competent human resources. These should be a major concern for all Islamics banking stakeholders for developing a better Islamic banking industry, particularly in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Estimation of the competitive conditions in the Czech banking sector

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Stavárek ◽  
Iveta Řepková
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Monopolistic Competition ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Banking Competition ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Full Sample ◽  
Empirical Industrial Organization ◽  
Banking Market ◽  
Competition Level

The paper uses New Empirical Industrial Organization approach, especially Panzar-Rosse model to estimates the level of competition of the banking industry in the Czech Republic during the period 2001–2009. We apply Panzar-Rosse model to estimate H statistic for a panel of 15 banks, which represent almost 90 % of the market. This paper also measures and compares the degree of banking competition in two sub-periods, 2001–2005 and 2005–2009, in order to investigate development of the competitive structure of the Czech banking industry. We found that the market was in equilibrium during most of the estimation period, which is a necessary condition for sound evaluation of the competition level. While the market can be described as perfectly competitive in 2001–2005, the intensity of competition decreased after joining the EU in 2004 and the market can be characterized as one of monopolistic competition in 2005–2009. The monopolistic competition in the Czech banking market was also revealed if the full sample 2001–2009 is considered.

scholarly journals Competition and Concentration in Bangladeshi Banking Sector

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-29
Author(s):  
Anwar Hossain Repon ◽  
Zahidul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Market Structure ◽  
Concentration Ratio ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Monopolistic Competition ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Market Concentration ◽  
Sample Period ◽  
Banking Competition ◽  
The Past ◽  
Bank Concentration

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the market structure and degree of concentration of Bangladeshi banking industry. The study measured market concentration by using widely recognized measures like k-bank concentration ratio and Herfindahl-Hirchman Index (HHI). It evaluates market structure by applying Panzar-Rosse Model over 8 years period from 2006 to 2013. The result of concentration measures indicates a decreasing trend and low level of market concentration in Bangladeshi banking industry over the sample period. The panzer-Rosse “H-Statistic” suggests that banks in Bangladesh are operating under monopolistic competition. Present paper contributes to a burgeoning literature on banking competition that has evolved significantly over the past periods on a developing country perspective like Bangladesh.

Performance comparison of Islamic (participation) banks and commercial banks in Turkish banking sector

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cengiz Erol ◽  
Hasan F. Baklaci ◽  
Berna Aydoğan ◽  
Gökçe Tunç
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Performance Comparison ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Logistic Regression Method ◽  
Conventional Banks

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to compare the performance of Islamic banks against conventional banks in Turkey. This comparison is much more distinctive and significant in Turkey when compared to other countries, as Turkey stands as a model for the world in interest-free banking system. Design/methodology/approach – The comparative performance analysis was conducted by means of logistic regression method during the period of 2001-2009. The CAMELS approach is utilized to assess the managerial and financial performance of banks. Findings – The results signify that Islamic banks operating in Turkey perform better in profitability and asset management ratios compared to conventional banks but lag in sensitivity to market risk criterion. These findings might mainly be ascribed to the fact that these banks allow lower provisional losses compared to conventional banks and have some tax advantages. Research limitations/implications – Utilizing a more recent and consistent data set, the analyses could be replicated to determine if the results are subject to any sample bias. Practical implications – These finding reveal significant implications for potential entrants into Turkish banking sector particularly for foreign investors. Social implications – The findings from this study may reinforce the awareness and confidence in participating banks in Turkey. Originality/value – Turkey is particularly interesting to conduct this analysis because Turkey is a Muslim but secular country and both Islamic and conventional banks are subject to same set of banking regulations which are based on Western traditional banking system. Furthermore, to the knowledge, there is not a comprehensive study that compares the performance of conventional and Islamic banks in a Western banking system.

Risk, efficiency and capital in a dual banking industry: evidence from GCC banks

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Alsharif
Keyword(s):  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Risk Sharing ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Conventional Banks

PurposeThis study aims to extend the literature by simultaneously investigating the relationship between risk, efficiency and capital in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) dual banking system.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs the simultaneous-equation modeling technique with a three-stage least square estimator on 60 listed GCC commercial banks from 2005 through 2018.FindingsAlthough GCC Islamic banks are more capitalized and liquid, they are riskier and less efficient than GCC conventional banks. Moreover, a higher level of capital reduces the insolvency and credit risk of GCC banks for both types of banks. However, it enhances the cost efficiency of GCC conventional banks only. GCC conventional banks also exhibit skimping behavior, while for GCC Islamic banks, cost efficiency is negatively associated with bank risk. This implies that the risk-taking behavior in Islamic banks is prompted by the incentives of the shareholders following the risk-sharing nature of Islamic banking.Originality/valueThis study differs from previous studies in many aspects. First, it relies on a recent long data set that covers the implementation of the accords of Basel II (introduced in 2004) and Basel III (introduced in 2010). Second, it estimates the efficiency of GCC banks based on separate frontiers for Islamic and conventional banks, ensuring the robustness of the results. In conclusion, to the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the intertemporal relationship between risk, efficiency and capital in the GCC dual banking industry.

scholarly journals Intra-banking competition in Ecuador: new evidence using panel data approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (50) ◽  
pp. 295-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Solano ◽  
Segundo Camino-Mogro ◽  
Grace Armijos-Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Monopolistic Competition ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Banking Competition ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Competitive Behaviour ◽  
Private Banking

Purpose Banks are institutions that inject money in the economy and help to boost it when there are problems in some markets, especially in productive sectors. In this way, analysing the competition in this sector is an important tool for policymakers as non-competitive behaviour could affect the financial system and economy. The purpose of this paper is to measure the degree of competition in the Ecuadorian private banking sector divided by size, from 2000 to 2015, using panel data collected by the official regulator institution. Design/methodology/approach The authors applied the model proposed by Panzar and Rosse (1987) and its H-statistic using a reduced price and revenue equation estimated by pooled ordinary least squares, fixed effects, random effects, feasible generalised fixed effects and panel correction standard errors (PCSE). Findings The authors show that given the presence of some problems in data such as heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation, the most appropriate technique is PCSE. The authors also found robust evidence supporting that large banks compete in a monopolistic market, small and medium-sized banks operate in monopolistic competition, and Ecuadorian small, medium-sized and large banks stay in long-run equilibrium. Originality/value This paper contributes to the actual literature of competition degree in two ways. First, different from traditional papers, we do not control by size; so, we divided the analysis by size, because in Ecuador and also in many developing countries, bank’s competition is different for each group of size because the levels of liquidity, risk and other indicators are different from one group to another. Second, we show the robustness of the results using a scaled and unscaled equation, using many controls and using five methods to contrast the competition degree.

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