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Multimarket trading and the cost of debt
Petrasek, Lubomir - 2010
Global bonds are international securities designed to be traded and settled efficiently in multiple markets. This paper studies global bonds to examine the effects of multimarket trading on corporate bond liquidity, prices, and the cost of debt. Using a sample of primary and secondary market...
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Key education indicators on social inclusion and efficiency - Final Project report
European Research Associates - 2006
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Resource efficiency in Europe
Kaźmierczyk, Paweł; Stenbæk Hansen, Mikkel; … - Europäische Umweltagentur; European Environment Agency - 2011
This report provides an overview of resource efficiency policies and instruments in 31 member and cooperating countries … collect, analyse and disseminate information about national experiences in developing and implementing resource efficiency … efficiency and explores similarities and differences in policies, strategies, indicators and targets, policy drivers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009676174
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The Future of European Long-Distance Transport - Scenario Report (IP/A/STOA/FWC-2005-28/SC27)
Schippl, Jens; Leisner, Ida; Kaspersen, Per - 2008
How could European long-distance transport - under different conditions and in different contexts - meet the following targets in 2047: • Reducing oil consumption by 80% • Reducing CO2 emissions by 60% • High level of accessibility – to offer an efficient, effective transportation system...
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Guess what
Koeppl, Thorsten V.; Monnet, Cyril - 2004
one operation. We show that such vertical silos can prevent efficiency gains from horizontal consolidation of trading and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009639429
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Mergers and acquisitions and bank performance in Europe
Altunbas, Yener - Marqués-Ibáñez, David - 2004
An unprecedented process of financial consolidation has taken place in the European Union over the past decade. Building on earlier US evidence, we examine the impact of strategic similarities between bidders and targets on post-merger financial performance. We find that, on average, bank...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009639458
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Banking consolidation and small business lending
Takáts, Előd - 2004
The paper investigates small business lending as an information problem. It models the effects of information asymmetries within the bank combined with fixed wages. Two kinds of inefficiencies arise in equilibrium: the credit officer either sometimes shirks or he is occasionally fired. In both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009639467
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Interbank market integration, loan rates, and firm leverage
Ongena, Steven; Popov, Alexander - 2010
We study the effect of interbank market integration on small firm finance in the build-up to the 2007-2008 financial crisis. We use a comprehensive data set that contains contract terms on individual loans to 6,047 firms across 14 European countries between 1998:01 and 2005:12. We account for...
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How effective is an incremental ACE in addressing the debt bias? : Evidence from corporate tax returns
Branzoli, Nicola - 2018
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The high-yield segment of the corporate bond market
Bondt, Gabe de; Marqués, David - 2004
This study empirically examines the development of the high-yield segment of the corporate bond market in the United States, as a pioneer country, and the United Kingdom and the euro area, as later adopting countries. Estimated diffusion models show for the United States a significant pioneer...
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