This paper investigates the determinants and impact of the co-evolution between the international financial markets and the offshore financial centre Luxembourg since the late 1950s. It argues for a historic understanding of decisive, time-sensitive environments that helped Luxembourg to emerge,...

Qatar and Dubai have established financial centres which have been based upon the common law jurisdiction of England and Wales because of the advantages such a system can give to the development of their respective financial services industries. The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) and the Dubai...

This empirical study addresses the meta-processing of data on the competitiveness of a global financial centre. International financial centres are in open competition with each other as countries and cities around the world have developed financial centres since the early 1980s for the global...

This empirical study addresses the meta-processing of data on the competitiveness of a global financial centre. International financial centres are in open competition with each other as countries and cities around the world have developed financial centres since the early 1980s for the global...

Singapore is now one of the leading financial centres in the world, although the city-state started as a Third World country when independence was imposed on it in 1965. Although some natural conditions such as geographic location which possessed by other international financial centres are also...

Financial globalization has gathered attention since the early 1990s because of its macro-financial implications and growing importance. But financial globalization has taken shape via different forms over time. This paper examines two important, concurrent dimensions of financial globalization:...