The authors attempt to sort out three exogenous factors affecting the domestic societies of
European Union (EU) member countries: market globalization, the European single market …

In this study branching costs and competitiveness of European banks are measured by
fitting a monopolistic competition model to a representative sample drawn from nine EEC …

This paper investigates the determinants of the structure of the banking industry by fitting a
monopolistic competition model to a sample of banks drawn from nine EEC countries over …

This paper measures the changes in branching behaviour and competitiveness of Italian
banks between 1989 and 1995 after branching deregulation. An econometric test is derived …

For the first time in modern history, free trade coexists with free finance. Free trade and free
finance (defined as the deregulation and internationalization of banking and finance) are not …

This thesis analyzes two separate issues. Chapters two and three study the role played by
asymmetric information in determining the market structure of the banking industry. Banks …