01893cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004597 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451865561 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL De Nicolo, Gianni. Economic Integration and Financial Stability : A European Perspective / Gianni De Nicolo, Alexander Tieman. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (28 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper assesses changes in synchronization of real activity and financial market integration in Western Europe and evaluates their implications for financial stability. We find increased synchronization of real activity since the early 1980s and increased equity markets integration since the early 1990s. We also find that measures of systemic risk at large European financial institutions have not declined during the period 1990-2004 and that bank systemic risk profiles have converged. At the same time, the sensitivity of bank and insurance systemic risk measures to common real and financial shocks has increased in most countries. Overall, these results suggest that the integration process does not necessarily entail an unambiguously positive effect on financial stability. Mode of access: Internet Tieman, Alexander. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/296 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2006/296/001.2006.issue-296-en.xml IMF e-Library