MENSURAÇÃO DA CONCENTRAÇÃO BANCÁRIA NO BRASIL, 1970/86

Abstract

This article aims at quantifying the banking concentration in Brazil along the period 1970/86 for the variables total deposits, demand deposits, time deposits, number of branches and loans. One can verify a large increasing in the concentration in the group of private commercial banks, what reflects incentive measures from the government in one hand, and the changing nature of the competition forms on the other hand, due to the inflationary environment. One can expect, that price stabilization would contribute, yet if not much, to increase the degree of competition in the sector.