Since the late eighties, the Spanish banking system has been undergoing major changes that have affected both its structure and the nature of strategic interaction among banking institutions. Various different strategies have been adopted to tackle the demands of this new operating environment,...

Current account imbalances and their sustainability are among the most debated international policy issues. Through the recently designed External Balance Assessment methodology (EBA), the IMF estimates the impact of several countries’ fundamentals and policies on their current account...

Do asset prices affect real activity? This question has taken on a new importance in recent years, as asset values first surged at the end of 1990s and, thereafter, dramatically retreated. This report reviews the available theoretical and empirical evidence regarding asset price and wealth...

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Artículo de revista ; El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar tanto las oportunidades como los retos que ocasiona la introduccion de las nuevas tecnologias en la industria bancaria. Examina el impacto de las nuevas tecnologias en la productividad, costes y rentabilidad de las entidades...

Artículo de revista ; El objetivo de este articulo es analizar la evolucion del credito bancario, a partir de su distribucion por finalidades -actividades productivas, vivienda, consumo- y las implicaciones que se derivan de la misma. Describe la evolucion reciente del credito, su distribucion...

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Artículo de revista