European banking: enlargement, structural changes and recent developments

Despite considerable progress on political and economic convergence over the last decade, financial structures of individual countries within the EU remaindiverse. This book considers the future prospects of the banking industry in the context of enlargement, application of the IFRS and a potential new membercountry, Turkey. ÖZLEM OLGU is Assistant Professor in Accounting and Finance at the Koc University, Turkey. She is Fellow of the British Academy and Research Fellow at the University of Leicester Efficiency and Productivity Research Centre (EPRC),UK. She is the author of 'Turkish Banking: Banking Under Political Instability and Chronic High Inflation' (with Yener Altunbas and Alper Kara). INDICE: Introduction - Creating a Functioning European Union - Enlargementof the European Union - Macroeconomic Structure of the EU Countries - BankingStructures of the EU Countries - Financial Integration, Efficiency and Balance Sheet Structure at European Banking Sector - Global Financial Crisis and State of European Banking Sector - Turkey- A Prospective Member Country - Concluding Remarks

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23171-9
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 29/07/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés