Comments on “The Euro and the European Financial Industry,” by Uldis Cērps

Abstract

Three issues discussed in the Bottazzi and Giavazzi paper are highly relevant also for the EU accession countries (ACs): financing patterns of firms, home bias in investment portfolios, and consolidation of the financial industry. In this paper I will address the present state of affairs as well as possible developments in these areas in ACs.

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