We estimate the effect of internet penetration on retail bank margins in the euro area. Based on an adapted Baumol … [1982] type contestability model, we argue that the internet has reduced sunk costs and therefore increased contestability … countries. We utilise time series and cross-sectional variation in internet penetration. We find support for an increase in …

This study focuses on the diversification benefits of the most developed equity markets of Central and Eastern Europe … (CEE). To evaluate these benefits of diversification we use so-called spanning tests based on a stochastic discount factor … our study addresses the diversification benefits not only for U.S. investors, as is the usual case in these empirical …