Wójcik, D, Pažitka, V, Knight, E et al. (1 more author) (2019) Investment banking centres since the global financial crisis: New typology, ranking and trends. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 51 (3). pp. 687-704. ISSN 0308-518X
Abstract
Financial centres are central to contemporary capitalism, but research on their development has been impeded by methodological challenges related to data availability. This paper offers a new typology of financial centre activity. Based on the nationality of parent companies of financial service providers operating in a centre, and the nationalities of their customers, we distinguish between domestic, export, import and platform activities. Second, we compile a unique dataset of investment banking deals worldwide, which allows us to apply the new typology and introduce the first ever ranking of top financial centres based on the actual investment banking activity conducted in these centres. Our findings confirm the dominance of New York and London as global financial centres, with New York focused on domestic activities, and London on export and platform activities. Our data also show that, overall, investment banking activity has fallen dramatically since 2007, with 60% of the decline concentrated in New York, and a further 30% in Zurich, London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Edinburgh combined. As a result, the dominance of investment banking by New York and London has diminished, contributing to a trend that predates the crisis, explainable by the increasing shares of Asian centres, with Tokyo and Chinese cities in the lead.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Financial centres, investment banking, global financial crisis, New York, London |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Accounting & Finance Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2021 12:23 |
Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2021 12:27 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0308518x18797702 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:175024 |