Walkner, Christoph; Raes, Jean-Pierre - Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, … - 2005
banks operating within the EU. Theoretical and empirical evidence supports the view that integration and consolidation in … and consumer welfare. While in recent years only slow progress has been recorded in EU cross-border banking integration, a … context of EU financial integration, they might be of special significance in the context of the recently acceded Member …