Ist „mehr Europa“ notwendig zur Überwindung der Eurokrise? Unter welchen Bedingungen ist eine weitere Harmonisierung nationaler Politik in der Europäischen Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion institutionell und gesellschaftlich durchsetzbar? Läuft die europäische Krisenpolitik der...

This paper examines the causal relationship between insurance market penetration and per capita economic growth in 19 Eurozone countries for the period 1980-2014. We use three different indicators of insurance market penetration (IMP), namely life insurance penetration, non-life insurance...

Background: This study examines the relationship between insurance market density (IMD) and economic growth. Methods: We employed Granger causality technique in 19 Eurozone countries for the period 1980-2014. We use three different indicators of IMD, namely life insurance density, non-life...

This paper provides an overview of the currently available evidence on the importance of information and communication technologies (ICT) for developments in productivity growth in the euro area. On the basis of the available data, there is evidence of an increased contribution of ICT to...