The introduction of the euro is expected to increase capital mobility in Euroland. While, as in the US, a common monetary policy is now performed, institutional structures are inherently more heterogenous. This paper argues that experience of the US with financial market integration can...

Coming (great) events cast their (long) shadow before. As the financial crisis gave birth to the creation of the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS), the imminent Brexit now serves as an impulse to rather extensively reorganize it. Pursuant to the preferences of the Commission—as...

Verlagsinfo: Die Teilnehmer der nationalen europäischen Märkte sehen sich im Zuge des seit geraumer Zeit andauernden und noch anhaltenden Wandlungsprozesses mit neuen Rahmenbedingungen konfrontiert. Der Wandel kann mit Schlagwörtern wie Technologisierung, Globalisierung,...

The agreement to establish a Single Supervisory Mechanism in Europe is a major step towards a Banking Union, consisting of centralized powers for the supervision of banks, the restructuring and resolution of distressed banks, and a common deposit insurance system. In this paper, we argue that...