The member states of the European Union have given up sovereignty in quite a number of policy areas and subjected themselves to joint decisionmaking at the European level. Policy instruments are no longer available nationally in many policy areas, including monetary policy, trade policy, the...

This paper examines the importance of different economic sentiments, e.g. consumer moods, for the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) during the transition process. We first analyze the importance of economic confidence with respect to the CEECs' fi nancial markets. Since the...

This paper examines the importance of different economic sentiments, e.g. consumer moods, for the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) during the transition process. We first analyze the importance of economic confidence with respect to the CEEC's financial markets. Since the...

Germany has about the same proportion of foreigners in its population as the United States, it is an immigration country. In a way, Germany has let immigration happen, but it did not really have an explicit immigration policy in the past. Now it has to make up its mind on its immigration policy...

The Great Recession renewed calls for a return of state activism in support of the European economy. The widespread nationalization of ailing companies and the growing activism of national development banks led many to celebrate the reappearance of industrial policy. By reviewing the evolution...

Differences in regulations, technical standards and national medical cultures across EU member states created a highly segmented pharmaceutical market in Europe prior to the implementation of the Single Market Programme. The subsequent reduction in non-tariff barriers to trade would be expected...

In 1999, eleven European countries formed the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); they abandoned their national currencies and adopted a new common currency, the euro. Several recent papers argue that the introduction of the euro has led (by itself) to a sizable and statistically significant...

In der vorliegenden empirischen Studie, die auf einer schriftlichen Erhebung des Instituts für Mittelstandsforschung beruht, wurde der Frage nachgegangen, welche Bedeutung Leasing für mittelständische Unternehmen hat und künftig haben wird. Das Hauptaugenmerk der Analyse richtet sich darauf,...

Die Bilanzierung von Leasinggesellschaften stellt eine besondere Herausforderung an die Rechnungslegung dar, da eine klare Abgrenzung von Mietverträgen und kreditfinanzierten Kaufverträgen schwierig ist. Im Mittelpunkt der Problematik steht dabei die grundsätzliche Frage, ob das zu...

Der bisherige Bilanzierungsansatz nach IAS 17 steht aufgrund seiner extremen bilanziellen Konsequenzen und seiner Komplexität in der Kritik. Die zusätzlichen Ermessens- und Gestaltungsspielräume innerhalb des konkreten Zuordnungsmechanismus` führen dazu, dass der Leasingstandard mit...