Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/193614 
Authorgroup: 
A group of the ESRB Advisory Scientific Committee
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Reports of the Advisory Scientific Committee No. 4
Publisher: 
European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), European System of Financial Supervision, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
Banking has grown too much in Europe - in three senses. First, the European banking system has reached a size where its contribution to real economic growth is likely to be nil or negative. Second, the European financial structure is biased towards banks (rather than securities markets), which results in excessively volatile credit creation and lower economic growth. Third, large universal banks - which perform a wide range of banking services, and are peculiarly common in Europe - contribute more to systemic risk than small and narrowly focused banks. To deal with these problems, policymakers should consider new measures such as aggressive anti-trust policy, structural reform of the banking sector, and a capital markets union to address Europe's overbanking problem.
Subjects: 
banks
financial structure
systemic risk
universal banks
bank regulation
JEL: 
G10
G20
Document Type: 
Research Report

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