This paper analyses market efficiency and the role of the virtual location in digital markets using a data set …, which supports the hypothesis of enhanced market efficiency in electronic markets. Furthermore, the results show that an …

In this paper we assess the impact of flexible work time schedules on firm efficiency using representative … and the determinants of technical efficiency simultaneously. The innovation of our study is that we draw on technical … efficiency instead of productivity to appraise the success of flexible working hours. The results indicate that while the use of …

In 2005, the President of the Bank of Italy blocked the cross-border acquisition of two Italian banks for ?prudential … reasons and formal errors?. Following these events, the EU Commission brought actions against Italy for infringement of the … strength of the supervisory review process of bank M&A. The main source of information to construct these indices is a …

In 2005, the President of the Bank of Italy blocked the cross-border acquisition of two Italian banks for prudential … and political interference is not only a barrier to cross-border consolidation in Italy, but in other EU countries as well …

We investigate different techniques to assess the gender pay gap in five EU countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain …

European Union. Regression results are provided for Western Germany, France, and Italy. It is shown that labour mobility is … highest in Germany, followed by France, and Italy. However, even in Germany, the accommodation of a shock to unemployment by …

modelling approach and estimation results for the trade submodels are presented in some detail and simmulation results for the …