bank lending. We are using a dataset on assets and liabilities of commercial banks from five countries (France, Germany … information costs increase in distance, distance should - ceteris paribus - become less important in determining international …, Italy, UK, US) in up to 50 host countries for the years 1983 through 1998 to test this hypothesis. For the European banks …

policies of firms in four European countries, the determinants of demand for internationally mobile highly skilled employees … of firms recruiting internationally. A number of hypotheses for the international demand are formulated and assessed … it international competence or technical know-how. -- foreign graduates ; labor shortage ; transfer of knowledge …