The contribution of institutionally diversified financial sectors to more sustainable growth and financial stability -in particular the role of effective local banking structures -is not always fully appreciated, whether in the context of development cooperation or in policy discussions in the...

The paper assesses the main factors underlying the decreasing profitability in the European banking sector, in comparison with the US. It underscores in particular the role of low interest rates, lower concentration, tighter regulation and the absence of a deep and liquid capital market. A...

The contribution of institutionally diversified financial sectors to more sustainable growth and financial stability-in particular the role of effective local banking structures—is not always fully appreciated, whether in the context of development cooperation or in policy discussions in the...

The paper assesses the main factors underlying the decreasing profitability in the European banking sector, in comparison with the US. It underscores in particular the role of low interest rates, lower concentration, tighter regulation and the absence of a deep and liquid capital market. A...

From the economists' perspective, the Capital Markets Union (CMU) represents a policy experiment that allows studying how legal conditions, economic incentives and financial activity interact. Recent papers provide economic support for the overall objective of CMU, but the robustness of this...

The analysis highlights the aspects of diversified market structures and of local, low-distance banking as advantageous for financial stability. Heterogeneity protects from uniform market behaviour. Local banking can better overcome the problem of asymmetric information, particular in SME...

The analysis highlights the aspects of diversified market structures and of local, low-distance banking as advantageous for financial stability. Heterogeneity protects from uniform market behaviour. Local banking can better overcome the problem of asymmetric information, particular in SME...

Die Insolvenz einer großen und stark vernetzten Bank führt zu Verlusten bei anderen Banken und kann das Finanzsystem destabilisieren. Eine stärkere Systemperspektive der Finanzmarktregulierung ist deshalb essentiell. Dieser Artikel analysiert, wie das Problem der Systemrelevanz im bisherigen...

Die Insolvenz einer großen und stark vernetzten Bank führt zu Verlusten bei anderen Banken und kann das Finanzsystem destabilisieren. Eine stärkere Systemperspektive der Finanzmarktregulierung ist deshalb essentiell. Dieser Artikel analysiert, wie das Problem der Systemrelevanz im bisherigen...

With a view to establishing a Capital Markets Union (CMU), efforts to integrate (private) capital markets and private risk-sharing in the European Union are underway. However, the single (capital) market will be burdened by a perennial potential threat to sovereign bond market stability in the...