Similar Search Results

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

Which is the right dose of EU cohesion policy for economic growth?

Hagen, Tobias (contributor); Mohl, Philipp (contributor) - 2008

The current empirical literature on the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on the economic growth rates of the European … assumptions, this paper applies the method of generalized propensity score (GPS) to a sample of 122 NUTS-1 and NUTS-2 EU-15 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784703

Tax harmonisation in Europe : the determination of corporate taxable income in the EU member states

Oestreicher, Andreas (contributor); … - 2007

the EU-wide activities of multinationals as proposed by the European Commission. Second, we estimate the consequences on … the effective levels of company tax burdens in selected EU member states if IFRS are considered as a tool for defining the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003480047

Rivals or partners? : Evidence from Europe's international private equity deals

Tykvová, Tereza (contributor); … - 2006

Cross-border private equity deals have increased substantially in recent years. This study looks at the issue of how European investors view their local counterparts in the portfolio companies’ home countries. If they regard them as rivals, they will target countries that lack a private equity...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003404754

What does Europe pay for clean energy? : Review of macroeconomic simulation studies

Dannenberg, Astrid (contributor); Mennel, Tim (contributor); … - 2007

This paper analyses the macroeconomic costs of environmental regulation in European energy markets on the basis of existing macroeconomic simulation studies. The analysis comprises the European emssion trading scheme, energy taxes, measures in the transport sector, and the promotion of renewable...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003447773

Partisan politics in corporate tax competition

Osterloh, Steffen; Debus, Marc - 2009

This paper studies the effects of political factors, mainly partisanship, on corporate taxes in the past 30 years – a period of intensifying competitive pressure in Europe. Extending the Zodrow-Mieszkowski model by decision-makers who have ideological preferences yields the hypothesis that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003914213

Merger control as barrier to EU banking market integration

Köhler, Matthias - 2009

protect domestic banks from foreign investors. A survey of the EU Commission indicates that the misuse of supervisory powers … and political interference is not only a barrier to cross-border consolidation in Italy, but in other EU countries as well … transparency of merger control. The main source of information is a questionnaire that was sent to the supervisors in the 25 EU …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003918454

Merger control as barrier to EU banking market integration

Köhler, Matthias (contributor) - 2007

reasons and formal errors’. Following these events, the EU Commission brought actions against Italy for infringement of the … questionnaire on banking regulation that was sent to the supervisory authorities in the 25 EU member countries between October 2006 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608104

How does the domiciliation decision affect mutual fund fees?

Lang, Gunnar; Köhler, Matthias - 2011

In this paper, we analyze whether the domiciliation decision of mutual funds has an impact on fund fees. To explain the fee price-setting of mutual funds, we consider characteristics specific to funds, fund companies, and countries. We find that fees vary considerably across fund types and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510386

Balancing competition and cooperation : evidence from transatlantic airline markets

Bilotkach, Volodymyr; Hüschelrath, Kai - 2015

In the last two decades, airline alliances were not only successful in extending the size of their networks, but also received approvals by public authorities to intensify their cooperation through to merger-like revenue-sharing joint ventures (JVs). We empirically investigate the impact of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316436