fractional integration and fractional cointegration techniques. These methods are more general and have higher power than the …

This paper examines the integration of stock markets in Germany, France, Netherlands, Ireland and UK over January 1973 … the degree of financial integration. It might be expected a priori that European stock markets have converged during the … process of monetary, economic and financial integration in Europe. This study offers evidence for an increasing degree of …

European integration should be accompanied by an increasing regional specialisation. In contrast, our results for the period …

This chapter investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to … natives differentiating by gender and immigrant generation. Indicators which are supposed to capture cultural integration of … over time. Statements about the cultural integration processes of immigrants are thus possible. Furthermore, economic …