NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Boone Indicator in Banking Market for Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Series ID: DDOI05VEA156NWDB Source: World Bank Release: Global Financial Development (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Annual Units: Index Date Range: 1999-01-01 to 2014-01-01 Last Updated: 2018-09-21 1:51 PM CDT Notes: A measure of degree of competition based on profit-efficiency in the banking market. It is calculated as the elasticity of profits to marginal costs. An increase in the Boone indicator implies a deterioration of the competitive conduct of financial intermediaries. A measure of degree of competition, calculated as the elasticity of profits to marginal costs. To obtain the elasticity, the log of profits (measured by return on assets) is regressed on the log of marginal costs. The estimated coefficient (computed from the first derivative of a trans-log cost function) is the elasticity. The rationale behind the indicator is that higher profits are achieved by more-efficient banks. Hence, the more negative the Boone indicator, the higher the degree of competition is because the effect of reallocation is stronger. Estimations of the Boone indicator in this database follow the methodology used by Schaeck and Cihák 2010 with a modification to use marginal costs instead of average costs. Regional estimates of the Boone indicator pool the bank data by regions (for more information, see Hay and Liu 1997; Boone 2001; Boone, Griffith, and Harrison 2005). (Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank data from Bankscope) Source Code: GFDD.OI.05 DATE VALUE 1999-01-01 -0.17358600000000000 2000-01-01 -0.19232800000000000 2001-01-01 -0.16844000000000000 2002-01-01 -0.13334900000000000 2003-01-01 -0.19295100000000000 2004-01-01 -0.13334800000000000 2005-01-01 -0.07064200000000000 2006-01-01 -0.06697300000000000 2007-01-01 -0.06672800000000000 2008-01-01 -0.12430999999999999 2009-01-01 -0.09827700000000000 2010-01-01 -0.05657900000000000 2011-01-01 -0.12956500000000000 2012-01-01 -0.06842000000000001 2013-01-01 -0.08764800000000000 2014-01-01 -0.08755600000000000