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                  <mods:namePart>Gudmundsdottir, Saga</mods:namePart>
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               <mods:abstract>Treball fi de màster de: Master&amp;apos;s Degree in Economics and FinanceDirectors: Manuel García-Santana i Libertad GonzálezThis paper investigates whether and how geographical distance matters for bank lending&#xd;
within and between countries in the European Union. We estimate gravity-type&#xd;
regressions in various specifications, incorporating novel econometric insights which&#xd;
have thus far not been applied in the context of bank lending. Using re-cently published,&#xd;
disaggregated data on banks’ credit exposures from the European Banking Authority,&#xd;
we find the elasticity of lending with respect to distance to be -1.42 in our main&#xd;
specification. Controlling for various factors, the negative rela-tionship remains&#xd;
persistent. We argue that this relationship is largely attributable to information costs,&#xd;
though cultural and historical ties between countries, capital requirements, local&#xd;
competition and cross-border trade also play a role. The analy-sis highlights the enduring&#xd;
influence of factors which prevent full European financial integration.Aquest article investiga si i com la distància geogràfica és important per als préstecs&#xd;
bancaris dins i entre països de la Unió Europea. Estimem les regressions de tipus&#xd;
gravitat en diverses especificacions, incorporant nous coneixements economètrics que&#xd;
fins ara no s&amp;apos;han aplicat en el context dels préstecs bancaris. Utilitzant dades publicades&#xd;
recentment i desglossades sobre les exposicions de crèdit dels bancs de l&amp;apos;Autoritat&#xd;
Bancària Europea, trobem l&amp;apos;elasticitat dels préstecs respecte a la distància a -1.42 en la&#xd;
nostra especificació principal. Controlant diversos factors, la relació negativa continua&#xd;
sent persistent. Argumentem que aquesta relació és en gran part atribuïble als costos&#xd;
d&amp;apos;informació, tot i que els vincles culturals i històrics entre països, els requeriments de&#xd;
capital, la competència local i el comerç transfronterer també tenen un paper. L&amp;apos;anàlisi&#xd;
posa de manifest la influència duradora dels factors que impedeixen la plena integració&#xd;
financera europea.</mods:abstract>
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                  <mods:topic>Treball de fi de màster – Curs 2016-2017</mods:topic>
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                  <mods:topic>Gravity model</mods:topic>
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                  <mods:topic>International bank lending</mods:topic>
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                  <mods:topic>European integration</mods:topic>
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                  <mods:topic>Model de gravetat</mods:topic>
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                  <mods:topic>Préstecs bancaris internacionals</mods:topic>
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                  <mods:title>Gravity in bank lending within the European Union</mods:title>
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