Journal Article

·2020 OPEN ACCESS

THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION IN THE BANKING SECTOR AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF TURKISH CASE

Hale Kırer Silva Lecuna YTU , Serçin Şahin YTU

Journal of Empirical Economics and Social Sciences

Abstract

It is mostly observed that a competitive system provides a lot of advantages for consumers; such as more goods and services, lower prices and higher quality. We can include this argument for the banking sector. The numerous numbers of theoretical and empirical studies has been made for the sector support this. Therefore, the level of competition is crucial for both borrowers and lenders, which directly affect economic growth of a country. In this context our aim is to investigate the relationship between competition level of the banking sector and economic growth in Turkey.

Keywords

Competition (biology) Turkish Context (archaeology) Argument (complex analysis) Goods and services Quality (philosophy) Business Economic sector Empirical research Economics Industrial organization Monetary economics International economics Market economy Economy

Subject Areas

Banking stability, regulation, efficiency ·Finance ·Social Sciences
Corporate Finance and Governance ·Accounting ·Social Sciences

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