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Investigating Diversity in the Banking Sector in Europe : Key Developments, Performance and Role of Cooperative Banks

Ayadi, Rym - 2010

and Spain). The theoretical and empirical arguments that are developed in this book tend to support the view that it is …

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Efficiency and Market Power in Spanish Banking

Färe, Rolf - 2010

component of efficiency evaluated (cost, technical or allocative) and the type of banking firm (commercial bank or savings bank …

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Corporate Governance in Spanish Banks : 2011

Stein, Guido - 2011

Spanish laws and regulations on corporate governance operate within the framework of European laws and regulations and are based on the circulars issued by the Banco de España and the Recommendations of the Unified Code (2006).In this study we have situated Spanish banks within the overall...

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The Impact of Regulation on Competition : An Analysis Colombian Banking Sector (El Impacto de la Regulación en la Competencia: Un Análisis Desde el Sector Bancario Colombiano) (in...

Reyes Rodriguez, Cristhian Ivonne - 2011

Competition and stability criteria, in principle, are not mutually exclusive. Conflict comes up when the regulatory structures are not well designed, mainly because while searching to protect the stability of the system, they can affect in a negative way the competition in the market. It's...

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Financial Crises and Financial Reforms in Spain – What Have We Learned?

Martín-Aceña, Pablo - 2012

Like the rest of the world, Spain has suffered from frequent financial crises and undergone several changes in its … results overcome the successful cases). The paper provides a short history of the major financial crises in Spain from 1856 to …

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Corporate Governance in Spanish Banks : 2011

Stein, Guido - 2012

Spanish laws and regulations on corporate governance operate within the framework of European laws and regulations and are based on the circulars issued by the Banco de España and the Recommendations of the Unified Code (2006). In this study we situate Spanish banks within the overall domain of...

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What Determines the Profitability of Banks? Evidence from Spain

Trujillo‐Ponce, Antonio - 2013

-2009. We conclude that the high bank profitability during these years is associated with a large percentage of loans in total … ratios also increase the bank's return, but only when return on assets (ROA) is used as the profitability measure. We find no …

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Banking Towards Development : Evidence from the Spanish Banking Expansion Plan

Arqué-Catells, Pere - 2013

During the period 1965-1987 Spain was an emerging market in full transition from developing to developed status. During …,000 bank branches. We examine whether the latter process partly caused the former by focusing on the relationship between … bank branches we exploit changes in branching policies that induced a plausibly exogenous time-varying pattern in the …

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Cross-Border Diversification in Bank Asset Portfolios

Buch, Claudia M. - 2010

We compute optimally diversified international asset portfolios for banks located in France, Germany, Italy, the U.K., and the U.S., using the mean-variance portfolio model with currency hedging. We compare these benchmark portfolios to the actual cross-border asset positions of banks from...

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Inferring Market Power from Retail Deposit Interest Rates in the Euro Area

Vajanne, Laura - 2009

addition to general sluggishness, bank deposit rates' reactions are clearly asymmetric: flexible when market rates are …

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