The paper compares the efficiency of the European banking systems in view of the constitution of the European Monetary Union. Since competition among banks will increase, it is important to identify the most efficient banking system able to play a role in that market. A parametric approach is...

A methodology to measure administrative burdens, based on the Dutch Standard Cost Model (SCM), has been applied in a large number of European countries, coupled in most cases with the commitment to a reduction target. This paper compares the application of the method in different national...

The impact of futures trading on the underlying asset volatility, and its characteristics, is still debated both in the economic literature and among practitioners. The aim of this study is to analyse the effect of the introduction of stock index futures on the volatility of the Italian Stock...

The design of wholesale electricity markets in the transition towards liberalization presents significant differences from country to country. Some spot markets have imposed the concentration of transactions to ensure market liquidity. Other markets are based on bilateral trading. The debate...

Motivated by the theoretical prediction of the opportunistic behaviour of large banks that face expected public intervention, we test a <italic>full</italic> and a <italic>partial</italic> form of the too-big-to-fail (TBTF) hypothesis. The full form of the hypothesis implies the increase in the risk undertakings <italic>and</italic>...

A nivel mundial se observa un aumento en la liberalización de los mercados nacionales de capital. Este trabajo se propone analizar la movilidad del capital entre los países que integran el acuerdo ASEAN (Asociación de Naciones Asiáticas Sudorientales) en orden a estudiar el rol desempeñado...