National borders are still strong barriers for mergers and acquisitions in Europe. We estimate a gravity equation model based on NUTS 2-regions and find that the restraining impact of national borders decreased by about a third between 1990 and 2007. However, there has been no significant change...

Many companies already take advantage of company mobility in the European Union, especially in the post-Centros climate and in the wake of the recent enactment of company law directives and regulations improving company mobility. Are there still barriers to mobility? This paper gives a broad...

What determines multinational firms' location choices in Europe? Do national boundaries matter in location decisions? To what extent are European regional policies (Structural and Cohesion Funds) able to mitigate the agglomeration forces at work? Do location determinants differ for EU and US...