This study is devoted to competitiveness in banking. Con- ceptual, measurement, and interpretational issues are dis- cussed innovatively and indetail by a number of leading international experts in the field. Theoretical contributions from the area of international trade in services and from...

This book shows three specific characteristics: First, the focus of many of the investigations is on the analysis of micro data. As the issue of competitiveness is closely linked to the performance, the costs, and the efficiency of the production of financial services by individual banking...