Has Competition in the Japanese Banking Sector Improved?



Table 5. Effects on the Degree of Competition

Variable_______

Basic equation

GDP & INFLATION

Coefficient

P-value

Coefficient

P-value

constant

0.426

[.015]

0.074

[.184]

BTRADE

-1.87x10-9

[.021]

-1.544 x10-9

[.025]

FREEDEP

0.056

[.441]

0.012

[.832]

SEGDUM

-0.011

[.861]

0.063

[.261]

CIX

-0.003

[.108]

GDP

-0.379

[.637]

INFL

1.294

[.003]

HI

0.161

[.419]

0.167

[.369]

REGDUM

0.294

[.000]

0.293

[.000]

Adjusted R2

0.682

_________0.724

Note: Equation (10),

θk,t =α0 +α1BTRADEt +α2FREEDEPk,t +α3SEGDUMt +α4CIXt(or GDPt and INFLt) +α5HIk,t +α6REGDUMk,
is run by Ordinary Least Squares to find the magnitude of the effects of the variables on the degree
of competition. The number of observations is 54. For a definition of the explanatory variables,
refer to the main text.

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