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Strategic Challenges in European Banking

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Edward P M Gardener

    1. Institute of European Finance, University of Wales Bangor, North Wales, UK

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  2. Joe Falzon

    1. University of Malta, Malta, Malta

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Introduction: The Malta Connection

    • Edward P M Gardener, Joe Falzon
    Pages 1-7

  3. Cost Economies and Efficiency in EU Banking Systems

    • Yener Altunbaş, Edward P M Gardener, Philip Molyneux
    Pages 8-40

  4. Relative Efficiencies and Productivity Indices: An Empirical Investigation of the Banking Sectors in Eight European Countries

    • Margaret Brown
    Pages 41-69

  5. The Effects of Alternative Financial System Models on Corporate Governance

    • Pablo de Andrés-Alonso, Valentín Azofra-Palenzuela, Félix J López Iturriaga, José Miguel Rodríguez-Fernández
    Pages 70-111

  6. Market Share Dynamics and Instruments of Competition in the Portuguese Deposits Market

    • Paulo Soares de Pinho
    Pages 112-120

  7. Specialisation and Competitiveness of the Spanish Savings Banks, 1984—95

    • José Manuel Pastor, Francisco Pérez
    Pages 121-151

  8. The Future of Relationship Banking

    • Göran Bergendahl, Ted Lindblom
    Pages 152-173

  9. The Societal Responsibility of Banks: An Introduction to a Societal-Oriented Bank Management Theory

    • Leo Schuster
    Pages 174-180

  10. Adaptive Strategies by European Savings Banks: A Case Study of Spain

    • Santiago Carbo, Edward P M Gardener, Phil Molyneux, Jonathan Williams
    Pages 181-210

  11. Public Banks in France: Current Problems and Prospective Issues

    • Joël Metais
    Pages 211-224

  12. Economic and Monetary Union and Single Currency in Europe: Repercussions on Capital Markets and Stock Exchanges

    • Francesco Cesarini
    Pages 225-247

  13. European Monetary Union: Issues in Supervision

    • Elisabetta Gualandri
    Pages 248-275

  14. The Role of Independence in the European System of Central Banks: A Sufficient Condition for a Robust European Monetary Union?

    • Andrew Ellul
    Pages 276-292

  15. EU, EMU and the Central and Eastern European Countries

    • Sándor Ligeti
    Pages 293-302

  16. EMU, Adjustment and the Peripheral Regions: An Overview of Policy Issues

    • Joe Falzon
    Pages 303-316

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 317-330
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European banking is now changing at an unprecedented rate; competition and efficiency are now dominant banking concerns. This volume sees leading European researchers in the fields of banking and finance assess the key issues shaping the strategic development of banking in the EU. The first nine chapters explore efficiency, competition and various aspects of the strategies of EU banks. Select aspects of the impact of EMU on banking and finance are discussed in the remaining chapters.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of European Finance, University of Wales Bangor, North Wales, UK

    Edward P M Gardener

  • University of Malta, Malta, Malta

    Joe Falzon

About the editors

YENER ALTUNBAS Research Officer, Institute of European Finance PABLO DE ANDRES ALONSO Associate Professor of Finance, University of Valladolid VALENTIN AZOFRA PALENZUELA Professor of Banking and Finance, University of Valladolid GÖRAN BERGENDAHL Professor of Business Administration, Göteborg University MARGARET BROWN Lecturer in Insurance, University of Wales, Bangor SANTIAGO CARBO VALVERDE Professor Titular of Applied Economics, University of Granada FRANCESCO CESARINI Professor of Banking, Catholic University of Milan ANDREW ELLUL Department of Banking and Finance, University of Malta ELISABETTA GUALANDRI Associate Professor, University of Modena SANDOR LIGETI Professor of Banking and Finance, Budapest University TED LINDBLOM Professor, Göteborg University FÉLIX J. LOPEZ ITURRIAGA Associate Professor of Finance, University of Valladolid JOEL METAIS Professor of Economics, University of Paris Dauphine PHILIP MOLYNEUX Professor in Banking and Finance and Co-Director, Institute of European Finance JOSÉ M.PASTOR Professor, Department of Economic Analysis, Universitat de Valencia FRANCISCO PÉREZ Professor, Department of Economic Analysis, Universitat de Valencia PAULO SOARES DE PINHO Assistant Professor of Banking and Finance, Universidade Nova de Lisboa JOSE MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ FERNANDEZ Associate Professor, Banking and Finance, University of Valladolid LEO SCHUSTER Professor, Business Administration, Catholic University of Eichstätt JONATHAN WILLIAMSResearch Officer, Institute of European Finance, University of Wales, Bangor

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