%0 Journal Article
%T The effect of market power on bank risk taking in Turkey
%A Elmas Yaldiz
%A Flavio Bazzana
%J Financial Theory and Practice
%D 2010
%I Institute of Public Finance
%X The aim of this paper is to understand the role of market power on the loan risk and overall bank risk measures for Turkish banks during 2001-2009. Testing for this question is particularly important for the Turkish banking system, which experienced an intense regulation process after 2000 leading to a significant decrease in the number of banks and thereby possibly reducing competition. The results of the study provide some evidence regarding the competition-stability hypothesis.
%K competition
%K banking
%U http://www.ijf.hr/eng/FTP/2010/3/yaldiz-bazzana.pdf