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This paper provides an overview of conceptual issues and recent research findings concerning the structure and the role of financial systems and an introduction into the new research area of comparative financial systems. The authors start by pointing out the importance of financial systems in...
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for the issue of rapid convergence to the best system. In addition, we introduce a formal concept of complementarity and … of systems composed of complementary elements are such that a rapid convergence towards a universally best corporate … complementarity, that there even is the possibility of a convergence towards a common system which is economically inferior. And in …
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strong, there is a real possibility that the convergence of real-world financial systems, which many practitioners and … scholars currently believe will take place, is a convergence towards an inefficient system. …
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This paper aspires to provide an overview of the issue of diversity of banking and financial systems and its development over time from a positive and a normative perspective. In other word: how different are banks within a given country and how much do banking systems and entire financial...
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In this paper, we first discuss the notion of 'important financial centres' and the socioeconomic and political conditions which need to be fulfilled for such a centre to exist. We then address the issue of the so-called 'end of geography' which has attracted a lot of attention recently. Under...
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