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title: "Lerner index: formula and 1 recent papers"
description: "Lerner index was mentioned in 1 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #99 of the 104 equations and models mentioned."
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# Lerner index

$$
L = \frac{P - MC}{P}
$$

Market power as the markup of price over marginal cost.

- area: Labour, inequality and competition
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Lerner index

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/equations.md

## Key findings

- Lerner index was mentioned in 1 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #99 of the 104 equations and models mentioned.
- By journal category: Finance (1).
- Most of them appeared in Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money (1).
- Often mentioned together with Instrumental variables (two-stage least squares) (1), Mediation model (indirect effect) (1) and Ordinary least squares (OLS) (1).
- Datasets named in the same papers: CRSP (1), Compustat (1) and DealScan (1).
- From Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, 15 archived papers mentioned Lerner index in their title, abstract or keywords, most of them in Jul 2025 (3).

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords)*

| Trend | Oct 23–Sep 24 | Oct 24–Sep 25 | Oct 25–Sep 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 |

*Papers mentioning Lerner index, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | [Bank market power and corporate stock price crash risk: borrowers’ manipulation incentives](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2026.102407) | [Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-financial-markets-institutions-and-money.md) | Shengfeng Li, Liang Han, Biao Mi | University of Sheffield; Dongbei University of Finance and Economics; University of Surrey; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Lerner index. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/equations/lerner-index

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@misc{scholar4ai-equations-lerner-index,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Lerner index},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/equations/lerner-index}},
  urldate = {2026-10-26},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).