In the present paper it will be pointed out econometrically that entrepreneurial calibre improves Balassa index. The contribution of this paper is that a new method to estimate entrepreneurial calibre will be introduced. Data are annual and cover most Western European countries and the USA for...

In this paper it will be attempted to estimate the effect of profitability, bank size as well as bank expansion on ceo remuneration in the Western European banking sector. The sample covers annually many banks of the countries Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland and UK for...

In the present paper the negative impact of interest rates on stock returns will be estimated for the European economies. Data are monthly during the year 2008 and cover the following countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. The elaboration of...

In the present paper it will be shown empirically that globalisation does not affect long term unemployment. Panel data cover for the period (1999-2009) the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,...

In the present paper it will be pointed out econometrically with panel data that in Europe education has a negative impact on crime. Panel data cover annually the period 1999-2006 for the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,...

In the present paper an effort will be made to examine if geographical concentration of trade of goods has a positive impact on Bank profitability. The countries examined are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and USA. The estimation...

In the present paper an effort will be made to estimate econometrically with annual panel data the impact of globalization on income distribution within countries. The following countries are examined: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands,...

In the present paper it will be shown that trade unions have a positive impact on economic growth. This finding is in agreement with the works of (Tapio Palokangas, 1996; 2000; 2004; 2005); (Grieben and Şener, 2008) and it refers to the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France,...

In this paper, an effort will be made to show the positive impact of banking entrepreneurship on banking solvency. The sample covers western European countries and the United States during the period 1997–2008. Data source is O.E.C.D., Eurostat and I.M.F. The econometric model with panel data...

In the present paper an effort will be made to show with panel data that during the period 1997-2008 in European banks as well as the United States ones staff cost as well as entrepreneurial caliber have a positive impact on banking profitability. Data source is O.E.C.D. The elaboration of the...