In this study, we analyze the costs incurred by French commercial banks and savings institutions. One of the main distinctions between these two types of financial entities concerns management costs, which are higher for commercial bank demand deposits than for the savings institutions' tax-free...

[fre] Au cours de ces dix dernières années, de nombreux spécialistes ont souligné la faiblesse des performances technologiques de l'Union européenne au regard aussi bien de ses propres performances scientifiques que des performances technologiques des États-Unis. Il existe aujourd'hui en...

This innovative book focuses on the most important concept underpinning current European Union research policy. It describes the history and concept of the European Research Area (ERA), analyses some of the underlying assumptions, assesses some of its achievements, and takes a brief look at its...