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With the congressional enactment of the Financial Institutions Regulatory Act and the International Banking Act, 1978 can justifiably be labeled a landmark year in terms of banking legislation. The author discusses these important federal enactments and analyzes their impact upon the Florida banking market. Special emphasis is given to the interrelationship between state and federal banking regulations in light of the new federal legislation and recent decisions. In addition, significant judicial and legislative developments occurring on a state level during the survey period are considered.

This study is devoted to competitiveness in banking. Con- ceptual, measurement, and interpretational issues are dis- cussed innovatively and indetail by a number of leading international experts in the field. Theoretical contributions from the area of international trade in services and from industrial economics are paired with econometric work on international cross-section and time-series data. Papers especially focus on banking in Switzerland. This should not reduce the interest of the publication to an international readership since Switzerland is one of the leading financial centres in the world. In addition, Swiss banking iscompared with banking in the most important other countries in a systematic way. Important results are of a comparative nature and, therefore, of international relevance. The main benefit to the reader will be his increased awareness of the complexity of the issue of competitiveness, combined with some thought provoking empirical results