Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Polos, L.
Author-Name-Last: Polos
Author-Name-First: Laszlo
Author-Name: Hannan, M.T.
Author-Name-Last: Hannan
Author-Name: Carroll, G.R.
Author-Name-Last: Carroll
Title: Foundations of a Theory of Social Forms
Abstract: In the early transition era in Russia entry barriers for commercial banks were about absent. It resulted in the mushrooming of hundreds of small, poorly-endowed and inexperienced banks. In this paper we address the question whether the claimed benefits of low entry barriers - competition and market dynamics - have resulted. We use a sample of commercial saving banks for the 1994-97 period. We conclude that there were important mobility barriers and that the removal of entry barriers did not lead to intensified competition.
Creation-Date: 2000-07-07
File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/35/erimrs20000707113727.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:eureri
Number: ERS-2000-29-ORG
Classification-JEL: L2, L29, M, M10
Keywords: forms, foundation of organization theory, identity, populations
Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:35