The present study evaluates the market structure of Ghana’s banking industry and estimates nature degree competition. This uses non-structural methodology proposed by Panzar-Rosse Model known as “H-statistic” to empirically assess competitiveness in Ghanaian market. 23 banks Ghana from 2000 2019, compiled reported Association Bankers (GAB). results show that derive their revenue conditions mono...

This paper models settlement arrangements between international telecommunication carriers. The FCC in the U.S. claims these arrangements cost U.S. consumers billions of dollars annually, largely to subsidize foreign carriers in low-income countries. A model is given which makes sense of this claim, as well as the role of costs, competition, and income disparities in settlement rate determinati...

There is an apparent theoretical discrepancy between the effects of monetary policy shocks on economies with differently competitive banking sectors. We employ cross-country data to investigate this hypothesis with two different approaches. First, using aggregate data we analyze the correlation between two indices: (i) a cumulative impulse response function providing an index of the effect of m...

This paper evaluates the competitive conditions in development finance and implications for successfully mobilising private sector order to achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Using a market definition of cross-border finance, analysis uses financial data 61 banks from FitchConnect 2010–2019 applies Panzar–Rosse test, supplemented with additional tests equilibrium, gaug...