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1 The main statements in this article are taken from the report ‚Untersuchung der Grundlagen und Entwicklungsperspektiven des Bankensektors in Deutschland (Dreisäulensystem)‘ for the Federal Ministry of Finance, cf. www.diw.de/deutsch/produkte/publikationen/gutachten/aktuell/index.html.
