List of figures List of tables Preface List of conference participants Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Banking competition and European integration 3. Banking, financial intermediation and corporate finance 4. How (not) to integrate the European capital markets 5. European financial regulation: a framework for policy analysis 6. Corporate mergers in international economic integration 7. Capital flight and tax competition: are there viable solutions to both problems? 8. Reflections of the fiscal implications of a common currency 9. Currency competition and the transition to monetary union: does competition between currencies lead to price level and exchange-rate stability? 10. Currency competition and the transition to monetary union: currency competition and the evolution of multi-currency regions 11. Problems of European monetary integration Index.