2008
The Changing
Influence of Market Structure on Performance in Rural Banking
Markets 1985 Through 2005.
By James
Harvey and Forest MyersThis study analyzes the impact of market concentration on the
performance of banks in rural banking markets and attempts to
determine if the influence of market concentration has changed
over the last 20 years. It offers some evidence that the
relationship between traditional measures of market
concentration and bank performance may be changing, which may
have implications for the application of antitrust policy in
markets of this type.