In this paper, we first discuss the notion of 'important financial centres' and the socioeconomic and political conditions which need to be fulfilled for such a centre to exist. We then address the issue of the so-called 'end of geography' which has attracted a lot of attention recently. Under...

In this paper, we first discuss the notion of important financial centres and the socioeconomic and political conditions which need to be fulfilled for such a centre to exist. We then address the issue of the so-called end of geographyʺ which has attracted a lot of attention recently. Under...

Main description: Für Frankfurt - ebenso wie für andere Finanzplätze in der Europäischen Union - stellt sich die Frage nach deren weiterem Schicksal. Der Autor analysiert die Entwicklung des Finanzplatzes Frankfurt vom Zweiten Weltkrieg bis in die jüngste Zeit und zieht daraus...