Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Admiraal, P-H.
Author-Name-Last: Admiraal
Author-Name-First: Piet-Hein
Author-Name: Carree, M.A.
Author-Name-Last: Carree
Author-Name-First: Martin
Author-Person: pca503
Title: Competition and Market Dynamics on the Russian Deposits Market
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/36/erimrs20000707121318.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:eureri
Number: ERS-2000-25-STR
Classification-JEL: G21, L20, M, P34
Keywords: banking, market shares, transition economies
Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:36