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Building and blocking : the two faces of technology acquisition
Grimpe, Christoph (contributor);  … - 2008
Gaining access to technological assets and patents, in particular, has long been a major motive and objective for firm acquisitions. On the one hand, patents are used as a building instrument for the acquirer's technology portfolio. On the other hand, patents can be attractive because of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728399
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Employment impacts of EU biofuels policy : combining ottom-up technology information and sectoral market simulations in an input-output framework
Neuwahl, Frederik; Löschel, Andreas; Mongelli, Ignazio; … - 2008
subsidisation, price effects ensuing from a hypothetical world oil price reduction linked to substitution in the EU market, and …
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EU emission allowances and the stock market : evidence from the electricity industry
Oberndorfer, Ulrich (contributor) - 2008
This paper constitutes to our best knowledge the first econometric analysis on stock market effects of the EU Emission … Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Our results suggest that EU Emission Allowance (EUA) price developments matter to the stock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003745110
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Does EU cohesion policy promote growth? : evidence from regional data and alternative econometric approaches
Mohl, Philipp (contributor); Hagen, Tobias (contributor) - 2008
This paper analyses the growth effects of EU structural funds using a new panel dataset of 124 NUTS-1 / NUTS-2 regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770912
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A new metric for banking integration in Europe
Gropp, Reint (contributor); Kashyap, Anil K. (contributor) - 2008
Most observers have concluded that while money markets and government bond markets are rapidly integrating following the introduction of the common currency in the euro area, there is little evidence that a similar integration process is taking place for retail banking. Data on cross-border...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784658
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Alleviating adverse implications of EU climate policy on competitiveness : the case for border tax adjustments or the clean development mechanism?
Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria (contributor);  … - 2008
Ambitious unilateral EU environmental policy has raised concerns about adverse competitiveness implications for … measures to address these concerns in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS): border tax adjustments (BTA) and the Clean … policy on energy-intensive and export-oriented industries. The regulatory protection of these industries via subsidies for EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777863
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The impact of the European Union emissions trading scheme on competitiveness in Europe
Oberndorfer, Ulrich (contributor);  … - 2006
This literature review analyses the impacts of the EU ETS on competitiveness focussing on existing simulation studies … the EU ETS are smaller than the impacts of alternative Kyoto-based regulation scenarios. Compared to these other … regulation methods ETSs can have positive competitiveness effects. However, the EU ETS is not designed to boost Europe’s economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003357010
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The political cconomy of corporate tax harmonization : why do European politicians (dis)like minimum tax rates?
Osterloh, Steffen (contributor);  … - 2008
Setting minimum tax rates is a well discussed way of mitigating pressure from tax competition. This paper investigates which motives shape the support for a minimum corporate tax among politicians. We make use of a unique data base: a survey among members of the European parliament. Our results...
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Blockholdings and corporate governance in the EU banking sector
Köhler, Matthias (contributor) - 2008
Ownership structures widely differ across the EU. While large blockholdings dominate in the banking sector in … governance in the EU banking sector. This paper analyzes the efficiency of shareholder control and hostile takeovers as corporate … governance mechanisms in the EU banking sector against the background of the regulatory environment and differences in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793860
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Geographical and multi-product linkages of markets : impact on firm equilibrium interactions (some evidence from the European car market)
Leheyda, Nina (contributor) - 2008
This paper aims to study geographical and multi-product linkages of markets (multiple market presence) and firm behaviour interdependence as a result of such linkages existence. In particular, it attempts to answer whether the multimarket linkages lead to more cooperative behaviour among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793979