Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/43226 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CFS Working Paper No. 2010/22
Publisher: 
Goethe University Frankfurt, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
We investigate the incentives for vertical or horizontal integration in the financial security service industry, consisting of trading, clearing and settlement. We thereby focus on firms' decisions but also look on the implications of these decisions on competition and welfare. Our analysis shows that the incentives for vertical integration crucially depend on industry as well as market characteristics. A more pronounced demand for liquidity clearly favors vertical integration whereas deeper financial integration increases the incentives to undertake vertical integration only if the efficiency gains associated with vertical integration are sufficiently large. Furthermore, we show that market forces can suffer from a coordination problem that end in vertically integrated structures that are not in the best interest of the firms. We believe this problem can be addressed by policy measures such as the TARGET2-Securities program. Furthermore, we use our framework to discuss major industry trends and policy initiatives.
Subjects: 
Vertical Integration
Horizontal Integration
Competition
Trading
Settlement
JEL: 
G15
L13
L22
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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