Morten Balling, Frank Lierman, Andy Mullineux

Competition and Profitability in European Financial Services (eBook, PDF)

Strategic, Systemic and Policy Issues

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Financial services firms play a key role in the European economy. The efficiency and profitability of these firms and the competition among them have an impact on allocation of savings, financing of investment, economic growth, the stability of the financial system and the transmission of monetary policy. This collection of research contributions includes evaluations of trends in the European financial service industry and examinations of the driving forces of efficiency, competition and profitability of financial firms and institutions in Europe. The papers have been written by leading academics and researchers in the field, who specialize in strategic, systematic and policy issues related to the European financial services industry. This edited collection will be will be essential reading for students and academics but will also be of interest to financial practitioners and government officials interested in acquiring a deeper understanding of this complex issue.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134173785
• Artikelnr.: 42620357

Autorenporträt

Morten Balling is Professor of Finance at the Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.

Frank Lierman is Chief Economist at Dexia Bank, Belgium.

Andy Mullineux is Professor of Global Finance, and Director of the Global Finance Research Group in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements List
of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Strategic and Organizational Challenges in
European Banking 2. Regulatory Capital Requirements and Financial Stability
3. Markets and Institutions: Managing the Evolving Financial Risk 4.
Macroeconomic Consequences of Financial Market Regulation 5. The Changing
Pattern of Payments in the United States 6. The East-West Efficiency Gap in
European Banking 7. Foreign Acquisitions and Industry Wealth Effects of
Privatisation: Evidence from the Polish Banking Industry 8. Electronic
Payments and ATMs: Changing Technology and Cost Efficiency in Banking 9.
Pricing Strategies in European Banking: Specialization, Technology and
Intertemporal Smoothing 10. Bank Efficiency and Mis-specified Input Prices
11. Competition in a Highly Concentrated Banking Sector ¿ Theoretical
Empirical and Practical Considerations for the Netherlands 12. Strategic
Management in Banking: In Medio Virtus 13. Do European Primarily Internet
Banks Show Scale and Experience Efficiencies? 14. Bank Risks and the
Business Cycle 15. House Prices and Consumer Lending 16. Capital Markets
and Financial Integration in Europe Subject index Author Index