The geography of European financial centers
1993–2020
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7761164 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gunther Capelle-Blancard (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne) & Paris School of Business, Paris, France), Gunther Capelle‐Blancard (0000-0001-5688-0113, Paris School of Business), Valérie Fromentin (0000-0003-4103-5341, Université de Lorraine (CEREFIGE), Nancy, France, corresponding author), Jesse Grabowski (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne), Paris, France) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 2143-2168 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0308518x241269363 |
| OpenAlex | W4402335568 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 50 |
This paper examines the dynamics of employment in the financial sector in the European Union and the United Kingdom since the early 1990s. Using the EU Labor Force Survey at the national (NUTS0), regional (NUTS1), and subregional (NUTS2) levels, we document several stylized facts about the evolution of financial centers. Despite the global financial and sovereign debt crises, the total number of workers in the financial sector has increased from less than 5 million in 1993 to more than 6.5 million in 2020. At the same time, however, the share of employees in the financial sector has decreased from 3.5% to 2.8%. We find large regional differences in the degree of financial specialization, with Luxembourg at the top end (11% of their total workforce), followed by Ireland and the United Kingdom (4%), then France, Germany or Italy (around 3%). We also explore the dynamics of concentration. The main conclusion is that the degree of concentration depends on the scale of measurement employed. We show a contrasting concentration trend: centripetal at the national level and centrifugal at lower levels (regional or sub-regional). Furthermore, newer financial centers showed faster growth. JEL codes: E44, G2, R1
Business · Debt · Economic growth · Economics · European union · Financial sector · Geography · International economics · Macroeconomics · Stylized fact · Workforce · Global Urban Networks and Dynamics · Housing Market and Economics · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Finance
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |