In spite of the conspicuous use of the Internet as a delivery channel, there is a relative dearth of empirical studies that provide a quantitative analysis of the impact of the Internet on banks´ financial performance. This paper attempts to fill this gap by identifying and estimating the...

Incluye bibliografía ; European finance is becoming increasingly cross-border, while the European architecture for safeguarding financial stability –including decision-making processes for providing financial-stability public goods– have remained decentralized with some explicit mechanisms...

La pertenencia de la UE se ha convertido en el objetivo mas importante de los paises del centro y este de Europa. Por otra parte, su eventual integracion ya ha sido tenida en cuenta por el Consejo Europeo. En este contexto, el papel presenta los progresos sustanciales realizados por estos paises...