The extent and variegation of financialisation in Europe: a preliminary analysis

This paper provides a preliminary analisys of the variegated extent of financialisation of European economies since circa 1980. For this purpose, the broad characterisation of financialisation offered by Fine (2012) is adopted. This characterisation identifies eight features of the financialisation...

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Autores: Brown, Andrew, Spencer, David A., Veronese Passarella, Marco
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/14077
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/14077
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Financial crises
Government policy and regulation of financial markets
Financial Institutions
Varieties of capitalism
Variegated financialisation
Crisis financieras
Política gubernamental y regulación de los mercados
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Resumo:This paper provides a preliminary analisys of the variegated extent of financialisation of European economies since circa 1980. For this purpose, the broad characterisation of financialisation offered by Fine (2012) is adopted. This characterisation identifies eight features of the financialisation proccess. We focus in particular on the financial sector within a selection of Europeam economies. Data show that the financialisation process is not reflected in the share of employment in the financial sector. This is likely to be the result of the labour-saving nature of technological and organisational innovations introduced in the financial sector in the last two decades.