M.A. Thesis:

Competition, Efficiency and Growth in the Banking

In This study, the connection between competition and efficiency in the banking industry was growing efficiency and provided a model for them. For this purpose data samples between the years 2007 to 2016 8 banks were investigated. Competition and efficiency at the same time as the independent variable on a dependent model and the second model is applied independently and The growth has been identified as the dependent variable. A simultaneous equation is used to analyze the data. The results suggest that direct and significant relationship between competition and efficiency in the banking industry there. Also a significant correlation between the performance and growth of banks is obtained . Keywords: Banking industry, Cost efficiency, Asset growth, The efficient structure hypothesis, The quiet-life hypothesis

Keywords: Banking industry-Competition-efficiency-Asset growth-The efficient structure& quiet-life hypothesis