,300 mergers that took place between 1978 and 2001 to analyse the determinants of international bank mergers. We test the extent to … regulated environments are less likely to be the targets of international bank mergers. Hence, the lifting of regulations can … spur growth in cross-border bank mergers. Also, mergers tend to be less frequent if information costs are high. …

bank lending. We are using a dataset on assets and liabilities of commercial banks from five countries (France, Germany …

The German financial system is characterized by lower degrees of penetration by foreign commercial banks and of (bank … fact that universal banking in Germany creates implicit barriers to entry. Yet, regulatory and informational differences …

Die starken Preissteigerungen für Benzin in den letzten 2 Jahren sind häufig auf mangelnden Wettbewerb zurückgeführt … von den internationalen Preisentwicklungen sowie den Steuersätzen bestimmt werden. Der Wettbewerb an den Tankstellen …

provide evidence in favor of the bank capital channel theory. Banks holding less regulatory capital and less interbank …