%0 Journal Article %T THEORIES REGARDING FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES ¨C A SURVEY %A Alin Marius ANDRIE£¿ %J Annals of the Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava : Fascicle of the Faculty of Economics and Public Administration %D 2009 %I %X In this paper we propose to make a presentation of the m ain theories on financial intermediation and financialintermediaries. Modern theory of financial intermediation examine the main functions of financial intermediation, howthe financial intermediation affect the economy as a whole and the effects of gover nment policies on financialintermediaries. We will focus on issues of function of financial intermediaries, such as reduction of transaction costs,liquidity provision, information provision, debt renegotiation. %K financial intermediation %K financial intermediaries %K informational asymmetry %K transaction cost %K asset transformation %U http://www.seap.usv.ro/annals/arhiva/ANNALS%20VOL.9,NR.2%2810%29,2009%20fulltext.pdf