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Offshore Financial Centers: Parasites or Symbionts?

This paper analyzes the causes and consequences of offshore financial centers (OFC). The model predicts that proximity to an OFC is likely to have pro-competitive implications for the domestic banking sector, although the overall effect on welfare is ambiguous.

Geography