Frontiers of Banks in a Global Economy

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Eleuterio Vallelado, Philip Molyneux

   Pages 1-7

3. Banking Mergers and Acquisitions’ Performance in Europe

   • Rym Ayadi

   Pages 8-58

4. Cross-Border Bank M&A in Emerging Markets —Value Creation or Destruction?

   • Jonathan Williams, Angel Liao

   Pages 59-77

5. Bank Capital and Loan Pricing: Implications of Basle II

   • Ted Lindblom, Magnus Olsson

   Pages 78-102

6. Capital Market Frictions and Bank Lending in the EU

   • Yener Altunbaş, David Marques, Balzhan Zhussupova

   Pages 103-130

7. Banks in the Microfinance Market

   • MarioLa La Torre, Gianfranco Vento

   Pages 131-148

8. Migrants and Financial Services:Which Opportunities for Financial Innovation?

   • Luisa Anderloni, Daniela Vandone

   Pages 149-185

9. Deepening Banking Reforms of China to Ensure Sustainable Growth in a Global World

   • René van der Linden

   Pages 186-210

10. Efficiency and Productivity Change in Greek Banking: Methods and Recent Evidence

    • Georgios E. Chortareas, Claudia Girardone, Alexia Ventouri

    Pages 211-233

11. Electronic Money Use: Evidence from Survey Data

    • David Pelilli

    Pages 234-249

12. Back Matter

    Pages 251-260

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In today's globalized economy, banking is of international importance. This book interrogates important issues, including reform in China, electronic money and loan pricing. Highlighting key policy and research, it provides insight into contemporary global banking trends and assesses the impact of new technology for future industry development.

• bank
• banking
• capital market

• University of Wales, Bangor, UK

  Philip Molyneux

• University of Valladolid, Spain

  Eleuterio Vallelado

YENER ALTUNBAS is a Senior Lecturer, University of Wales, Bangor, UK. LUISA ANDERLONI is Full Professor of Financial Intermediaries and Markets, University of Milan, Italy. RYM AYADI is Head of Research of the Financial Institutions and Prudential Policy Unit, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, Belgium. GEORGIOS CHORTAREAS is Reader in International Finance, University of Essex, UK. CLAUDIA GIRARDONE is Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Essex, UK. MARIO LA TORRE is Full Professor in Banking and Finance, University of Rome, Italy. XIJUAN (ANGEL) LIAO is a postdoctoral research fellow in investment and finance, University of Edinburgh, UK. TED LINDBLOM is Professor and Chairman of the PhD Research Committee of Business Administration at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. DAVID MARQUES is Senior Economist at the European Central Bank. MAGNUS OLSSON is a Ph.D Candidate at School of Business, Economics and Commercial Law, Goteborg University, Sweden. RENÉ VAN DER is Lecturer in Economics, University Amsterdam/Diemen, the Netherlands. DAVID PELILLI has recently completed his doctoral studies at University of Tor Vergata, Italy. DANIELA VANDONE is Assistant Professor of Economics of Financial Intermediaries, University of Milan, Italy. GIANFRANCO A. VENTO is a post doctoral scholar in Microfinance, University of Rome, Italy. ALEXIA VENTOURI is a Ph.D. candidate in Finance, University of Essex, UK. JONATHAN WILLIAMS is SeniorLecturer in Banking and Finance, University of Wales, Bangor, UK. BALZHAN ZHUSSUPOVA is Visiting Assistant Professor, Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research.

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