The Changing Geography of Banking and Finance (Hardcover)

Distance and Banks' Organization.- The Changing Geography of Banking and Finance: The Main Issues.- Financial Innovation, Organizations, and Small Business Lending.- Does Distance Matter in Banking?.- Distance, Bank Organizational Structure, and Lending Decisions.- Geographical Organization of Banking Systems and Innovation Diffusion.- Distance and Internet Banking.- Borders and Market Structure.- Bank Market Structure, Competition, and Stability: Issues and Concepts.- Bank Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: Causes, Consequences, and Recent Trends.- What Are Borders Made of? An Analysis of Barriers to European Banking Integration.- Regulatory Framework and Financial Centers.- Designing a Regulatory and Supervisory Framework for Integrated Financial Markets.- Crisis Management and Lender of Last Resort in the European Banking Market.- The Evolutionary Chain of International Financial Centers.- Financial Centers Between Centralization and Virtualization.