Title: Boone Indicator in Banking Market for Croatia Series ID: DDOI05HRA156NWDB 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 -0.08545300000000000 2000-01-01 -0.10533900000000002 2001-01-01 -0.11708099999999999 2002-01-01 -0.11159100000000001 2003-01-01 -0.10614500000000000 2004-01-01 -0.10663399999999999 2005-01-01 -0.11568699999999998 2006-01-01 -0.13586700000000002 2007-01-01 -0.14189600000000000 2008-01-01 -0.12070700000000000 2009-01-01 -0.10117999999999999 2010-01-01 -0.09617400000000000 2011-01-01 -0.09092400000000000 2012-01-01 -0.08591300000000000 2013-01-01 -0.08429600000000001 2014-01-01 -0.05006900000000000