Philip Molyneux & Eleuterio Vallelado 
Frontiers of Banks in a Global Economy [PDF ebook] 

Introduction; P.Molyneux & E.Vallelado Banking Mergers and Acquisitions’ Performance in Europe; R.Ayadi Cross-border Bank M&A in Emerging Markets: Value Creation or Destruction?; J.Williams & A.Liao Bank Capital and Loan Pricing: Implications of Basle II; T.Lindblom & M.Olsson Capital Market Frictions and Bank Lending in the EU; Y.Altunbas, D.Marques & B.Zhussupova Banks in the Microfinance Market; M. La Torre & G.Vento Migrants and Financial Servies: Which Opportunities for Financial Innovation?; L.Anderloni & D.Vandone Deepening Banking Reforms of China to Ensure Sustainable Growth in a Global World; R.van der Linden Efficiency and Productivity Change in Greek Banking: Methods and Recent Evidence; G.E.Chortareas, C.Girardone & A.Ventouri Electronic Money Use: Evidence from Survey Data; D.Pelilli

YENER ALTUNBAS is a Senior Lecturer, University of Wales, Bangor, UK. LUISA ANDERLONI is Full Professor of Financial Intermediaries and Markets, University of Milan, Italy. RYM AYADI is Head of Research of the Financial Institutions and Prudential Policy Unit, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, Belgium. GEORGIOS CHORTAREAS is Reader in International Finance, University of Essex, UK. CLAUDIA GIRARDONE is Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Essex, UK. MARIO LA TORRE is Full Professor in Banking and Finance, University of Rome, Italy. XIJUAN (ANGEL) LIAO is a postdoctoral research fellow in investment and finance, University of Edinburgh, UK. TED LINDBLOM is Professor and Chairman of the Ph D Research Committee of Business Administration at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. DAVID MARQUES is Senior Economist at the European Central Bank. MAGNUS OLSSON is a Ph.D Candidate at School of Business, Economics and Commercial Law, Goteborg University, Sweden. RENÉ VAN DER is Lecturer in Economics, University Amsterdam/Diemen, the Netherlands. DAVID PELILLI has recently completed his doctoral studies at University of Tor Vergata, Italy. DANIELA VANDONE is Assistant Professor of Economics of Financial Intermediaries, University of Milan, Italy. GIANFRANCO A. VENTO is a post doctoral scholar in Microfinance, University of Rome, Italy. ALEXIA VENTOURI is a Ph.D. candidate in Finance, University of Essex, UK. JONATHAN WILLIAMS is Senior Lecturer in Banking and Finance, University of Wales, Bangor, UK. BALZHAN ZHUSSUPOVA is Visiting Assistant Professor, Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research.