Is the euro area getting closer with regard to business cycles? The study investigates the linkage between business cycle convergence and financial portfolio choice for a panel of 18 European countries. For this purpose an index is constructed which measures the similarity of investment...

Ende Januar 1996 fand in Paris ein Treffen mehrerer Delegationen osteuropäischer Staaten statt. Im Mittelpunkt der Diskussion stand das Problem der Finanzierung neugegründeter Privatunternehmen. Die einzelnen Teilnehmer stellten ihre Lösungen vor und diskutierten mit Wirtschaftsexperten...

This compendium contains 20 case studies of public programmes in European countries that are successfully supporting business creation by people from disadvantaged and under-represented groups in entrepreneurship. The populations targeted by these programmes include youth, women, seniors, the...