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AUTHOR
Philip Molyneux
Where Has All the Trading Gone? A Network Approach to European Stock Exchanges and Alternative Trading Venue
This paper investigates the network features of European trading venues by analyzing the behavior of simultaneously quoted stock. Equity trading venues include both regulated Stock Exchanges (SEs) and Alternative Trading Venues (ATVs) and these represent the nodes of our network. The connections among these nodes are determined by choices of investors to exploit various venues in which a stock may be traded. Using trading volume data of nearly 22,000 equities we use social network analysis to measure prestige and connectivity between the various trading venues between 2005 and 2009. We find that the evolution of ATVs (including multi-lateral trading venues BATS, Chi-X and Turquoise, as well…
Cross-country comparisons of competition and pricing power in European banking
Abstract Studies of banking competition and competitive behavior both within and across countries typically utilise only one of the few measures that are available. In trying to assess the relative competitive position of banking markets in 14 European countries, existing indicators of competition are found to give conflicting predictions across countries, within countries, and over time. This is because indicators of competition tend to measure different things and are additionally influenced by cross-country differences in cost efficiency, fee income levels, real economic growth and inflation. We attempt to separate bank pricing power from these embodied influences and derive more consist…