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Economic Geography of Investment Banking Since 2008: The Geography of Shrinkage and Shift

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  • Dariusz Wójcik
  • Eric Knight
  • Phillip O’Neill
  • Vladimír Pažitka

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Investment bank capitalism might have foundered during the global financial crisis in 2008, but what has happened to investment banks? Our analysis reveals that core investment banking activities have experienced a significant contraction, accompanied by diminished institutional and geographic concentration. Large banks have experienced the largest falls in revenue, and Asian banks have capitalized on the growth of their local capital markets. With direct access to the largest market in the world, US banks remain dominant globally, but their market shares have declined. Our results highlight the variegated nature of change under way in the global financial system, and its implications for geopolitics and geoeconomics.

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  • Dariusz Wójcik & Eric Knight & Phillip O’Neill & Vladimír Pažitka, 2018. "Economic Geography of Investment Banking Since 2008: The Geography of Shrinkage and Shift," Economic Geography, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 94(4), pages 376-399, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:recgxx:v:94:y:2018:i:4:p:376-399
    DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2018.1448264
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    1. Luke Milsom & Vladimír Pažitka & Isabelle Roland & Dariusz Wójcik, 2020. "Gravity in international finance: evidence from fees on equity transactions," CEP Discussion Papers dp1703, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    2. Dariusz Wójcik & Stefanos Ioannou, 2020. "COVID‐19 and Finance: Market Developments So Far and Potential Impacts on the Financial Sector and Centres," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 111(3), pages 387-400, July.
    3. Richard T Harrison & Babangida Yohanna & Yannis Pierrakis, 2020. "Internationalisation and localisation: Foreign venture capital investments in the United Kingdom," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 35(3), pages 230-256, May.
    4. Yannis Dafermos & Daniela Gabor & Jo Michell, 2023. "FX swaps, shadow banks and the global dollar footprint," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 55(4), pages 949-968, June.
    5. Milsom, Luke & Pažitka, Vladimír & Roland, Isabelle & Wójcik, Dariusz, 2023. "The gravity of syndication ties in international equity underwriting," Bank of England working papers 1021, Bank of England.
    6. Imogen T. Liu & Adam D. Dixon, 2021. "Legitimating State Capital: The Global Financial Professions and the Transnationalization of Chinese Sovereign Wealth," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 52(5), pages 1251-1273, September.

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