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Growing like Germany : local public debt, local banks, low private investment
Hoffmann, Mathias; Stewen, Iryna; Stiefel, Michael - 2021 - This version: December 2020, first version: August 2019
The paper uses a panel of more than 1m German firms over 2010-2016, to provide the first firm-bank level evidence of local crowding out for a developed economy characterized by low interest rates and fiscal austerity. Our mechanism relies on two structural features of Germany's banking...
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Sparkassen revisited : the resiliency of German savings banks between globalization and crises
Schwan, Michael; Cassell, Mark K. - In: IBF paper series (2022) 1, pp. 1-14
Despite changes in production networks, welfare state institutions or global finance, Germany's growth model still rests on its unique three-pillar banking system with its strong position of public and cooperative banks. This chapter takes a close look at German savings banks and reassesses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013179334
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The impact of network competition in the mobile industry
Houpis, George; Rodriguez, Jose Maria; Ovington, Thomas; … - 2014
In 2000, there were as many countries served by a single mobile network as by network competition. Today, only 30 … low coverage, inefficient duplication of costs and lack of competition. To date, the authors are not aware of such single … light on the expected performance of single wholesale networks. The key result is that countries with network competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445481
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Economising on network provision while preserving competition : the challenges of 5G mobile network sharing : 30th ITS European Conference, Espoo, Finland, 16th - 19th June 2019
Pápai, Zoltán; McLean, Aliz; Csorba, Gergely; Nagy, Péter - 2019
The aim of the paper is to discuss the challenges in the competition assessment of 5G mobile network sharing which … main types of mobile network sharing. Chapter 3 presents our analytical framework for the competition assessment of mobile …, as well as competition cases in European jurisdictions. Throughout, we focus on radio access network (RAN) sharing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012272097
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The competitiveness of regions in the EU
Wokoun, René; Damborský, Milan; Kouřilová, Jana; … - 2012
The competitiveness of EU regions This paper results from the project financed by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (GA ÈR). The project was carried out by the research team consisting of both The Centre of Regional and Administrative Studies and The Regional Studies Department's members...
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Competitiveness in Urban Europe : research based, practice led
Hoogerbrugge, Marloes - 2011
. All around the world, cities are increasingly in competition with one another; interconnected in a network of criss …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011536411
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Structural change in times of increasing openness : assessing path dependency in European economic integration
Gräbner-Radkowitsch, Claudius; Heimberger, Philipp; … - 2019
This paper analyzes the dynamics of structural polarization and macroeconomic divergence in the context of European integration, where the latter is understood primarily as an increase in economic and financial openness. In the process of estimating the dynamic effects of such an openness shock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230972
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Competitive effects of cable networks on FTTx deployment
Queder, Fabian - 2019
considered cable networks a potential source for competition in fixed telecommunication markets. In the early 2000s, due to … provisioning. Today's European telecommunications markets are therefore characterized by inter-platform competition between cable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154036
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Analysis of competitiveness on the market of milk and dairy products in Romania
Nica, Maria - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 24-29). 2017
The dairy sector is indispensable for the overall development of an economy because it provides a vital link between agriculture and industry. This helps diversify and market agricultural products; increases farmer income; creates markets for food exports, and generates more employment...
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