Foreign competition and disintermediation: no threat to the German banking system?

The German financial system is characterized by low degrees of penetration by foreign commercial banks and of (bank) disintermediation compared to, for instance, the United States. This could be attributed to the fact that universal banking in Germany creates implicit barriers to entry. Yet, regulat...

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Main Authors: Claudia M. Buch, Stefan M. Golder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Economia civile 2000-06-01
Series:PSL Quarterly Review
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Online Access:http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/PSLQuarterlyReview/article/view/10348/10253