This study investigates the evolution of banking efficiency of post-communist new EU member countries over a time span 1998 to 2003. In these transition economies major strides were taken during this period to establish functioning market economies and financial systems for their EU membership...

This paper provides evidence on the links between financial deregulation and economic performance in a European context. Specifically, we study the relaxation of bank branching restrictions in Spain which triggered off a remarkable inter-regional expansion of savings banks which was coincidental...