Regulation of multinational banks in the European Union [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Katri Mikkonen

Regulationof Multinational Banks intheEuropeanUnionInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des GradesDoctor oeconomiae publicae(Dr. oec. publ.)an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t M?nchen2006vorgelegt vonKatri MikkonenReferent: Prof. Dr. Gerhard IllingKorreferent: Prof. Dr. Monika SchnitzerPromotionsabschlussberatung: 26. Juli 2006AcknowledgementsFirst and foremost, I thank Professor Gerhard Illing for valuable comments, guidance,and encouragement during all these years.In addition, several other people contributed to the form and contents of this disserta-tion. I want to mention FrankHeinemann, whose honest contributions have takenthiswork further than it would otherwise be. In addition, I thank Julia Bersch, CamilleCornand, Christa Hainz, Uli Kl?h, Simone Kohnz, Markus Reisinger, Thomas Ronde,and Stephan Sauer, as well as the seminar participants at the University of Munich,theEEFSconferenceinCoimbra, theNOeGconferenceinInnsbruck, theEEAAnnualCongress in Amsterdam, and the Financial Market Workshop at the Research Depart-ment of the Bank of Finland, for valuable comments.Support from Veli-Matti Mattila, Pentti Forsman and Lauri Kajanoja from the Eco-nomics Department of the Bank of Finland in form of lunch invitations and encour-agement is warmly appreciated. I am also grateful to Jouko Vilmunen for inviting metothe Financial Market Workshopat the Bankof Finland.