Seit der jüngsten Staatsschuldenkrise ist das europäische Zahlungsverkehrssystem TARGET2 aufgrund der angestiegenen TARGET2-Salden stark umstritten. Der zirkulierende Geldkreislauf von EU-Mitgliedstaaten innerhalb dieses Abwicklungssystems ist mit schlummernden Risiken verbunden. So sind die...

This paper investigates the competition effects of the entry of Vattenfall into the German electricity market. While the competition authorities supported the entry by approving Vattenfall's acquisition of three regional utilities, other market participants raised concerns over the emergence of...

In this paper we examine the influence of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on energy intensities of developing countries empirically. We first replicate a simple ordinary least squares (OLS) estimation, as it is found in the literature, that suggests energy-intensity reductions from FDI...

In this paper we examine the influence of foreign direct investment inflows on energy intensities of developing countries empirically. We first show that a simple OLS estimation, as it is found in the literature, suggests energy intensity reductions from FDI inflows, which is consistent with the...