In the Eurozone Crisis, ‘bad ideas' were initially resilient not just in the discourse but also in practice, as neo-liberal ideas focused on austerity and structural reform were embedded in the legislative packages and intergovernmental pacts (Six Pack, Two Pack, and Fiscal Compact). Later,...

Hinter der Finanzindustrie liegen turbulente, aufreibende Jahre. Der dramatische Vertrauensverlust in Banken, die juristische Aufarbeitung von Skandalen und die damit zusammenhängenden Strafzahlungen in Milliardenhöhe, die Flut an neuen Regulierungsvorschriften, das grundsätzliche...

Set against the background of a rapidly consolidating financial sector, this paper explores the main forces that are driving this process. Acknowledging that the search for scale and scope economies is one of them, the paper emphasises that the empirical evidence in support of such economies is...

Throughout the industrialised world the banking sector has embarked on a programme of restructuring and consolidation. In Japan the severity of the banking crisis has recently forced both the banking sector and the authorities to recognise deep-rooted problems and to take decisive action. In...