The so-called structure-conduct-performance paradigm assumes that there is a stable, causal relationship between the structure of the banking industry ... banking concentration can be approximated by ...

Investopedia / Michela Buttignol The concentration ratio, in economics, is a ratio that indicates the size of firms in relation to their industry as a whole. Low concentration ratio in an industry ...

Two major trends affecting the structure of the banking industry since the mid-1980s have been tremendous consolidation and the liberalization of interstate banking. Consolidation has unambiguously ...