Following to the previous literature, this paper intends to study the main determinants that lead to cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the EURO zone, by analysing a total sample of 980 transactions occurred between 2001 and 2010 in the 13 EURO zone original member countries, 218 of which...

This study is aiming to present (and to a certain extent analyse) the provisions of Articles 24-30 of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 “on markets in financial instruments (…)” (‘MiFID II') – including the relevant provisions of the...

The main objectives of the present paper are to elaborate on the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), its provisions, advantages and potential risks, and to detach various standpoints of relevant actors, related to this agreement. The ad referendum CAI, complemented by...

In Germany and beyond, various capacity mechanisms are currently being discussed with a view to improving the security of electricity supply. One of these mechanisms is a strategic reserve that retains generation capacity for use in times of critical supply shortage. We argue that strategic...

Policies to address climate change and the energy transition are increasingly gaining ground. However, a large body of research has mainly focused on the efficiency aspect of different instruments rather than their unintended side-effects. Only recently, both policymakers as well as researchers...