Efficiency, market concentration and bank performance during the COVID-19 outbreak: Evidence from the MENA region.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to contribute to the existing literature that explores the impact of market concentration on bank efficiency in emerging economies. Using a sample of 225 banks in 18 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region over the period 2006-2020, we empirically investigate the significance of this relationship. Since the evidence of concentration effect on efficiency during the COVID-19 outbreak is ambiguous, we test the hypothesis that the efficiency is positively affected by the level of banking market concentration in the MENA region. We adopt fixed effect model specifications and test the robustness of our results with the two-step Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimation technique. Our analysis finds a strong positive association between market concentratio

SUBMITTER: Mateev M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10171612 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature