The paper analyzes differences in economic conditions of Spanish regions and theirevolution from the point of view of growth theory, emphasizing the convergence process.The characterization of this process varies depending on the type of data we use: thetraditional source, elaborated since 1955...

This paper ana1yzes the behavior of productive efficiency in the Spanish Regions for the period 1964-1989. From a growth accounting approach, it describes the regional evolution of total factor productivity (TFPs), based on a private input production function. A more strict efficiency measure is...

The aim of this paper is to analyse the role of public capital, the types of infrastructures in which it is invested, and their territorial distribution in the gains in productivity of the private sector in the Spanish regions in the period 1964-1991 using panel data techniques to control for...

This paper presents the first results of a broader research carried out by the Instituto Valenciano deInvestigaciones Económicas (IVIE) on public capital and regional development in Spain. An estimation ofpublic capital endowments, for the years 1980, 1985 and 1990, is obtained, for the first...

This study analyses the evolution of market power in the banking sectors of the European Union based on the estimation of Lerner indices. Using a panel of 18,810 observations of the banking industries of Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom during the period 1992-99, the results...

Financial integration in Europe should affect the competition between markets and intermediaries and generate a convergence of both interest rates and margins among the different countries. This paper analyses the evolution of the convergence in interest rates and the level of competition and...

In the last years, the increase in the level of competition, the reduction of margins, the phenomenon of banking disintermediation, etc. have affected the bank´s income structure, increasing the importance of non-interest income. This paper examines the impact of past and current developments...

The analysis of bank accounting ratios as indicators of competitiveness has been complemented and occasionally revised by the increasing use of more sophisticated indices ofefficiency. In recent years, over a hundred studies have analysed the efficiency of financial institutions, concentrating...

This paper analyses the degree of competition among banks and savings banks during the 1992-99 period using two industrial organisation tools: the Panzar and Rosse contrast (1987) and Lerner¿s estimation of indices. Panzar and Rosse¿s contrast does not allow to reject the monopolistic...

This paper questions whether the main argument in favour of decentralization (the recognition of a territorial diversity of preferences when deciding on public expenditure) is validated ID the Spanish Central-Regional Governments framework. Using information supplied by the Regional Government...