Research Discussion Paper – RDP 9315 The Provision of Financial Services – Trends, Prospects and Implications

Contents

• Introduction
• Information, Intermediation and Capital Structure
• Developments to Date
• What Drove These Changes?
• The Future
• Conclusion and Implications
• Data Appendix
• References

This paper was prepared for the Fifth Annual Melbourne Money and Finance Conference, 26–27 November 1993. We are grateful to Stuart Mackenzie and Karen Mills for their contributions to the paper and to colleagues at the Reserve Bank of Australia for helpful comments and discussions. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Any errors are ours alone.