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Abstract:
This book highlights the achievements and challenges of the ongoing process of financial integration in Europe.
The financial integration of Europe is both welcomed as an economic driving force and watched with concern as a source of potential stability. After all, changing financial, regulatory and corporate ownership structures are fuelling competition, capital mobility and financial intermediation, but at the same time creating new systemic risks. With a special focus on Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the contributors to this book explore a wide spectrum of underlying issues, including the finance-growth nexus, credit boom patterns, the implications of foreign bank entry modes, lessons learned from old EU member states and commercial bank strategies. Authoritative views from central bank officials and policymakers are complemented with a special focus on empirical and econometric evidence from academia as well as practical insights from key financial market players.
This unique collection will be of great interest to economists and experts in the fields of financial markets and European integration from central, commercial and investment banks, governments, international organizations, universities and research institutes.
Contents:
Part I: Achievements and Challenges in European Financial Integration
1. Financial Integration and Financial Deepening in the EU: Mind the Gap - Klaus Liebscher
2. Benefits and Risks of Financial Integration - Cesare Calari
3. Financial Globalization, Corporate Governance and Eastern Europe - René M. Stulz
Part II: European Financial Structures Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
4. Does the Financial Sector Need Europe? - Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell
5. The Central and Eastern European Financial Sector: Current State and Prospects - Irmfried Schwimann and Kristin Vandenbergen
6. CEEC Financial Sector Issues and Macroeconomic Policy: A Perspective from Across Countries - Cristian Popa
7. The Financial System of the EU-25 - Franklin Allen, Laura Bartiloro and Oskar Kowalewski
8. Meeting the Need for a Regulatory Framework for EU Financial Markets - Alexandre Lamfalussy
Part III: The European Financial System as an Economic Driving Force
9. Finance and Growth: The Legacy of Schumpeter to be Rediscovered? - Peter Mooslechner
10. The Impact of the Euro on Investment: Sectoral Evidence - Tomas Dvorak
11. Importance of Financial Sectors for Growth in Accession Countries - Gerhard Fink, Peter Haiss and Goran Vukšic
12. Financial Sector Development in South-Eastern Europe: Quality Matters - Arnaud Mehl, Cristina Vespro and Adalbert Winkler
Part IV: Credit Growth in Central and Eastern Europe: A Cause for Concern?
13. Happy, Sad and Open Endings: A Comparison of Credit Growth in CEECs with Past Experiences and Ongoing Developments in Austria, Finland and Spain - Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald
14. Is Lending in Central and Eastern Europe Developing Too Fast? - Frédéric Boissay, Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez and Tomasz Kozluk
15. Too Much of a Good Thing? Credit Booms in Transition Economies: The Cases of Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine - Christoph Duenwald, Nikolay Gueorguiev and Andrea Schaechter
16. The ‘New Europe’ Household Lending Market - Fabrizio Coricelli, Fabio Mucci and Debora Revoltella
Part V: Foreign Bank Entry and Corporate Ownership Structures: Implications for Business, Competition and Profitability
17. Foreign Banks in Eastern Europe: Mode of Entry and Effects on Bank Interest Rates - Sophie Claeys and Christa Hainz
18. Ownership Structures and Investment in Transition Economies - Dennis C. Mueller and Evgeni Peev
19. Ownership Competition in the European Transition Arena: Towards a Viable Restructuring? - Diana Pop and Julien Le Maux
Part VI: Banking and Financial Stability: Potential Pitfalls
20. Deposit Interest Rates, Asset Risk and Bank Failure in Croatia - Evan Kraft and Tomislav Galac
21. Investigating the Early Signals of Banking Sector Vulnerabilities in Central and East European Emerging Markets - Kadri Männasoo and David G. Mayes
22. Financial Integration Through the Interbank Market: Stability and Welfare Implications - Falko Fecht and Hans Peter Grüner
23. Contagion Risk in Financial Networks - Ana Babus
24. Does Corporate Mobility Enhance Corporate Governance? - Zsuzsanna Fluck and Colin Mayer
Part VII: Capital Market Integration and Capital Mobility in New EU Member States
25. Equity Market Integration of New EU Member States - Lorenzo Cappiello, Bruno Gérard, Arjan Kadareja and Simone Manganelli
26. The Integration of Czech, Hungarian and Polish Bond Markets with the Euro Area Bond Market – A Déjà-vu of the Club-Med Convergence Plays? - Thomas Reininger and Zoltan Walko
27. International Capital Mobility and Current Account Targeting in Central and Eastern European Countries - Matthias Köhler
Part VIII: Complementing the Academic View: Perspectives from Key Financial Market Players
28. Financial Institutions as a Driving Force of Integration - Josef Christl
29. UniCredit's Strategy in Central and Eastern Europe - Alessandro Profumo
30. Banking Consolidation - Reinhard Ortner
31. Building a Central European Exchange Alliance - Stefan Zopotocky
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