Competitiveness in Banking

This study is devoted to competitiveness in banking. Conceptual, measurement and interpretational issues are discussed. Theoretical contributions from the area of international trade in services and from industrial economies are paired wtth econometric work on international cross-section and time-series data. Papers especially focus on banking in Switzerland. This should not reduce the interest of the publication to an international readership since Switzerland is one of the leading financial centres in the world. In addition, Swiss banking is compared with banking in other countries in a systematic way. Important results are of a comparative nature and, therefore, of international relevance.