Paper #509

Título:

Cross-border banking in Europe: An empirical investigation

Autor:

Josep García Blandón

Fecha:

Octubre 2000

Resumen:

This paper investigates bilateral trade in banking services within the European Union. The attention has been addressed to two main issues. First, to test the bank's motivations for setting up the different forms of overseas offices, and secondly, to assess the importance of barriers to entry across national European banking systems. Empirical results confirm the existence of different motivations for establishing representative offices, branches and subsidiaries in foreign locations. In addition, evidence has been achieved about the importance of non-regulatory barriers that could make difficult the existence of a single European market for banking services.

Palabras clave:

Cross-border banking, barriers to entry and form of representation

Códigos JEL:

G21

Área de investigación:

Finanzas y Contabilidad

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