Many of the problems that have been brewing in the West European banking industry have come to the boil in the years since 1990. The essays collected in this volume focus in particular on competition, organisation and strategy, regulation and crises, and securities markets and financial centres.

List of Tables - List of Figures - Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Synopes of Contributions - General Notes - PART 1: COMPETITION IN BANKING MARKETS - European Banking: An Analysis of Competitive Conditions; P.Molyneux, D.M. Lloyd-Williams & J.Thornton - Competition in Banking Markets: Lessons from the Italian Case; R.Cesari, V.Conti & M.Onado - New Forms of Competition Facing the Spanish Banking System; J.Quesada - PART 2: BANK ORGANISATION AND STRATEGY - Bank Marketing, Organisation and Performance; E.P.M.Gardener - Organisational Changes in UK Clearing Banks: the Causes and Consequences; I.Morison - Strategies of Major British Banks since Big Bang; J.Revell - PART 3: BANK REGULATION AND CRISES - Liquidity Management and Lender of Last Resort Functions: Recent Developments in the Italian Banking System; F.Cesarini - Diversification and Conflicts of Interest: the Effects of the New Regulation in Italy; E.Gualandri & A.Landi - Credit Losses in Nordic Banks; T.Lindblom - PART 4: SECURITIES MARKETS AND FINANCIAL CENTRES - The Internationalisation of Bond Markets; R.Harrington - The Development of European Capital Markets: the Main Trends and their Implications; T.Rybczynski - The Competitiveness of European International Financial Centres; J-P.Abraham, N.Bervaes & A.Guinotte - Index