markets in retail investment services and products in the EU remain fragmented. Moreover, the recent financial crisis has … undermined investor confidence in financial markets more generally, and “packaged” retail investment products (PRIP), such as … investment funds or life insurance policies, in particular. To rebuild retail investor confidence in PRIP by empowering retail …

new fiber-based communications infrastructure. Since such investment is expected to induce substantial positive … implementation and competitive market structures including allowance of co-investment models, and iii) public subsidies to cover non …, where only monopoly structure or co-investment models lead to private investment. Deregulatory policies might be preferable …

, while one is concerned with determinants of investment in ICT networks. The study uses German firm-level data and regional …

incentives to invest in network infrastructure. To this end, we develop a theoretical model explaining investment incentives by … regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …

incentives to invest in network infrastructure. To this end, we develop a theoretical model explaining investment incentives by … regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …

incentives to invest in network infrastructure. To this end, we develop a theoretical model explaining investment incentives by … regulation and recently imposed fiber access regulations. Our main finding is that more stringent access regulations for both the …