In this thesis it is analyzed if promoting product market competition can help to to fight unemployment in Europe. We have used a general equilibrium model in order to study how reducing mark-ups and increasing productivity in one sector affect aggregate unemployment for an exogenously given...

Allokationsverfahren zur Vergabe von Zutrittslizenzen an Marktneulinge differieren hinsichtlich mehrerer Aspekte. Einer davon ist die Veröffentlichung der vom Regulierer im Lizenzvergabeverfahren gesammelten Informationen. Der Autor untersucht den Einfluss der Informationsweitergabe auf die...

This thesis contributes to the literature by providing new insights into the patterns and market implications of insider trading. The inferences presented here are based on the insider trading reports filed with the Polish Securities and Exchange Commission and the New Zealand Exchange. First,...

Yield and price instability and covariate risks have been examined formajor oilseeds, viz. groundnut, rapeseed/mustard, sunflower and soybean,in selected states of India using time series data. Risk behaviour and effectsof price and price risk on production have been analyzed in a...

One of the most important phenomena of the last decade has been the convergence of the financial services industry, especially the capital and insurance markets. The convergence in the insurance industry was determined by the increased frequency and the severity of catastrophic risks, market...

The aim of this paper is to measure the level of the development of insurance in Macedonia and reveal the factors that have influenced this insufficient level of the development of the insurance market compared to other Western Balkan countries and EU countries. The deep political and...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the level of development of the insurance market in the two Western Balkan countries that have asymmetrical developmental, economic, social, security and insurance markets levels. This asymmetry of development and the insurance market is of interest to be...

Die Arbeit liefert eine ökonomische Analyse zur Effizienzbeurteilung der Versicherungssteuer, wie sie in Deutschland und inzahlreichen EU-Staaten erhoben wird. Neben einer Betrachtung des Versicherungsmarktes und der Rechtfertigungsargumentefür die Versicherungssteuer, konzentriert sich der...