% WARNING: This file may contain UTF-8 (unicode) characters. % While non-8-bit characters are officially unsupported in BibTeX, you % can use them with the biber backend of biblatex % usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex} @techreport{NBERw14476, title = "Why the European Securities Market is Not Fully Integrated", author = "Giovannini, Alberto", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "14476", year = "2008", month = "November", doi = {10.3386/w14476}, URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w14476", abstract = {I describe the challenge of fully integrating securities markets in Europe by integrating the clearing and settlement functionalities. The initial condition is characterized by a multitude of standards, conventions, regulation and laws, which are inconsistent with a barrier-free post-trading environment. In addition, the current providers of post-trading services are mostly for-profit monopolies. The EU reform strategy is discussed in detail, and its performance so far is assessed. I argue that the special features of the post-trading industry may help understand the disappointing progress so far.}, }