Europe is struggling with the resolution of the severe debt crisis and is in the process of overhauling its institutional set up. One element of the reform agenda is the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) which is intended to provide liquidity assistance to countries in case financial stability...

The internationalization of financial markets is one of the focal points in the discussion about recent globalization trends. These discussions suggest that capital can move freely between countries. However, there is ample evidence that national borders do matter and that there are many...

Der Beitrag geht über die Transformation des Bankensystems in Osteuropa und über die Erfahrungen, die bisher damit gemacht wurden. Bisher kann festgestellt werden, daß die Reformländer in eine Bankunion mit der EG treten sollen, um dadurch eine Effizienzsteigerung zu erreichen. Das Bankrecht...

Affiliates of German firms in Eastern Europe differ from those in the rest of the world. They have smaller sales and they employ more labor. Labor productivity is thus lower than in affiliates of German firms elsewhere. Moreover, multinational activity in Eastern Europe is mostly unilaterally...