Spatial Competition. Empirical Evidence from Small-scale Banking

Stylised facts suggest that there is some "spatial structure" in the dynamics of cross-border lending of Austrian regional banks that seems to be closely related to the eastward enlargement of the European Union. This short paper provides evidence that a stark space-related dependency of competition...

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Link(s) zu Dokument(en):WIFO Publikation
Veröffentlicht in:WIFO Working Papers
1. Verfasser: Franz R. Hahn
Format: paper
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2012
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Zusammenfassung:Stylised facts suggest that there is some "spatial structure" in the dynamics of cross-border lending of Austrian regional banks that seems to be closely related to the eastward enlargement of the European Union. This short paper provides evidence that a stark space-related dependency of competition has been at work governing the cross-border lending behaviour of the Austrian regional banks since 1995.
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