Federal Reserve Economic Data

Lerner Index in Banking Market for South Africa (DDOI04ZAA066NWDB)

Observation:

2013: 0.23339 (+ more)   Updated: Mar 23, 2022 4:23 PM CDT
2013:  0.23339  
2012:  0.22305  
2011:  0.20254  
2010:  0.16842  
2009:  0.14848  
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Units:

Index,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

NOTES

Source: World Bank  

Release: Global Financial Development  

Units:  Index, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Notes:

A measure of market power in the banking market. It compares output pricing and marginal costs (that is, markup). An increase in the Lerner index indicates a deterioration of the competitive conduct of financial intermediaries.

A measure of market power in the banking market. It is defined as the difference between output prices and marginal costs (relative to prices). Prices are calculated as total bank revenue over assets, whereas marginal costs are obtained from an estimated translog cost function with respect to output. Higher values of the Lerner index indicate less bank competition. Lerner Index estimations follow the methodology described in Demirgüç-Kunt and Martínez Pería (2010). (Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank data from Bankscope)

Source Code: GFDD.OI.04

Suggested Citation:

World Bank, Lerner Index in Banking Market for South Africa [DDOI04ZAA066NWDB], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DDOI04ZAA066NWDB, .

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