Ten states, primarily from Central and Eastern Europe, acceded to the EU in May 2004. Another 2, and possibly 3 CEE states are likely to join in 2007. We assesses the competitiveness implications of this phase of EU expansion for Ireland. Four specific topics are considered: the opportunities...

We use meta-analysis techniques to compile and analyze findings assessing the effect of the adoption of antitakeover defenses (ATDs) on existing shareholders' wealth. 51 papers were examined to construct a sample of 89 observations, covering nearly 16,000 cases of ATD adoptions mostly in the...

This paper investigates the impact of oil price shocks on the Turkish sovereign yield curve factors. The recent oil shock identification scheme of Ready (2018) is modified by using geopolitical oil price risk index in order to capture the changes in the risk perceptions of oil markets driven by...