Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Irina Dezhina Author-Name-First: Irina Author-Name-Last: Dezhina Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: An Analysis of Competition in the Russian Banking Sector. Abstract: The paper evaluates competition in Russian banking sector with the use of methodology of the sectoral markets theory. Basing on the existing methods of analysis of competition, the authors suggest a model for an empirical research, which takes into account of such operational particularities of the national banking sector as segmentation of the market for consumers of banking services and a special role of Sberbank on some markets. The empirical analysis is conducted on the basis of the suggested model with the use of the Russian banks' balance-sheet reporting data.. Classification-JEL: G21, L16 Keywords: Russian economy, Russian banking sector Year: 2006 Issue: 96 Pages: 130 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/rpaper/108Drobryshevsky.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2012 Handle: RePEc:gai:rpaper:108 Language:ru