unconstrained in both product and factor markets, finance has been widely identified as a potential constraint on entrepreneurial … activity due to either debt or equity gaps. However, in terms of externally supplied finance, it is arguably the availability … with the provision of debt finance, the nature of the relationship between bank and entrepreneur can be of considerable …

From the 1980s onwards the banking sectors in all the industrialised countries have been experiencing intense … behind such restructuring processes, the globalisation of the credit markets, the consolidation of banking structures, the … integration of the banking systems lead to a narrowing or a widening of the development gap between regions? What relations will …

This paper examines the developments of the Italian banking system during the Nineties from two related points of view … particularly interesting in the light of the widespread belief that the euro area will significantly increase banking competition … foreign branches and subsidiaries has been influenced by two counterbalancing forces; the big banking groups reduced their …

The paper examines the relationship between banking and securities activities in the light of financial market … consolidation), with particular reference to Europe. The enhanced links between banking and securities businesses have generated … banking-securities combination for regulatory and supervisory arrangements. The exporting of prudential requirements …

The paper examines the relationship between banking and securities activities in the light of financial market … consolidation), with particular reference to Europe. The enhanced links between banking and securitiesbusinesses have generated … banking-securities combination for regulatory and supervisory arrangements. The exporting of prudential requirements …

their portfolio according to the tradeoff between liquidity and profitability. We argue that banking behaviour in Brazil has … by a short-termist behaviour and high liquidity preference that have resulted in low credit supply and high banking …