taking place for retail banking. Data on cross-border retail bank flows, cross-border bank mergers and the law of one price … reveal no evidence of integration in retail banking. This paper shows that the previous tests of bank integration are weak in … that they are not based on an equilibrium concept and are neither necessary nor sufficient statistics for bank integration …

"American markets, once a model for the world, are giving up on competition. Thomas Philippon blames the unchecked …

work of several of the authors, to consider how the growth of large supermarket chains affects competition in food … European competition policy more generally, such as lawyers, civil servants and consultancy groups, will find this volume …

’s dynamics. Chapters discuss the role of bank lending in firms’ financing during the recent financial crisis, as well as issues …Chapter 1) Bank-firm relationship: (how) did it change with the financial crisis? -- Chapter 2) Credit risk assessment …: the internal rating systems -- Chapter 3) Credit guarantees: the role in bank lending -- Chapter 4) Banks, firms and …

, Daniela Termersch, Rijnhard van Tets, Bank Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Tietmeyer, Dr. Herbert Walter, Dr. Alexander Winterstein …