This paper analyses whether stock markets of South East Europe (SEE) have become more integrated with regional and global stock markets during 2000s. Using a variety of co-integration methodologies we show that SEE stock markets have no long-run relationship with their mature counterparts. This...

This study investigates the determinants of banks’ profitability on a sample of 169 commercial banks located in 7 countries of South-Eastern Europe. Specifically, the study employs dynamic panel data analysis based on the generalized method of moments over a period spanning from 2003–2012....