Changing Geography of Banking and Finance

Pietro Alessandrini is Professor of Monetary Economics and European Monetary Policy at Università Politecncia delle Marche in Ancona, Italy. He is one of the founders of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti of the Società Italiana degli Economisti, of which he was Vice-President (1998-2001). He is on the Editorial Board of Economia Marche – Review of Regional Studies, Q.A. – La Questiona Agraria, Sviluppo Locale, and il Ponte. He is also President of the scientific committee of MIF-ISTAO. He has published on banking, financial systems, and international economics. See www.dea.unian.it/alessandrini/Michele Fratiani is the CIBER Eminent Faculty Fellow at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, and Professor of Economics at the Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona, Italy. He is a Founding Editor of Open Economies Review (Springer) and is on the Editorial Board of the North-American Journal of Economics and Finance, Review of International Organizations (Springer), and Review of Economic Conditions in Italy. He is also a series editor of European and Transatlantic Studies (Springer). He has published on monetary economics, international finance, and monetary and financial history. See www.bus.indiana.edu/fratianni/Alberto Zazzaro is Professor of Economics at Università Politecnica delle Marche, a Research Associate with Labis (Ancona, Italy), and CFEPSR (Portici, Itlay), the General Secretary of the Società Italiana deglie Economisti, and the Managing Editor of the Rivista Italiana degli Economisti. He has published on banking, corporate governance, industrial organization, theory of money, and economic growth. See www.dea.unian.it/zazzaro/

• Distance and Banks’ Organization.- The Changing Geography of Banking and Finance: The Main Issues.- Financial Innovation, Organizations, and Small Business Lending.- Does Distance Matter in Banking?.- Distance, Bank Organizational Structure, and Lending Decisions.- Geographical Organization of Banking Systems and Innovation Diffusion.- Distance and Internet Banking.- Borders and Market Structure.- Bank Market Structure, Competition, and Stability: Issues and Concepts.- Bank Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: Causes, Consequences, and Recent Trends.- What Are Borders Made of? An Analysis of Barriers to European Banking Integration.- Regulatory Framework and Financial Centers.- Designing a Regulatory and Supervisory Framework for Integrated Financial Markets.- Crisis Management and Lender of Last Resort in the European Banking Market.- The Evolutionary Chain of International Financial Centers.- Financial Centers Between Centralization and Virtualization.