Financial participation is under used and unevenly distributed within the EU, despite the benefits it can deliver to enterprises, employees and national economies. This paper sets out a set of indicators to be used in benchmarking the extent and nature of financial partication with a view to...

This report has two primary purposes. It aims to u0091road testu0092 the Foundationu0092s financial participation indicators by applying them to a real life case, and to consider options for dealing with the lack of complete data. Slovenia was chosen as the pilot study. As much less has been...

This report is based on recent Foundation research into financial participation, incorporating the eight general principles outlined by the Commission in its framework Communication. It outlines the scale of financial participation across the European Union, highlights differences in national...

Commercial property played a critical role in the downfall of Ireland’s tiger economy. Despite this, analytical research on Ireland’s non-residential markets remains surprisingly scarce. This paper makes a small contribution to redressing this deficit by estimating a rent determination model...

Commercial property has taken centre-stage in recent debates about Ireland's banking system and the health of our economy. However, these debates have been hampered by a lack of empirical research on non-residential real estate. This article sheds light on one key segment of the commercial...