The study assesses the role of feed-in tariffs (FITs) and renewable energy certificates (RECs) in creating incentives for cross-border investments and for investments in particular technological portfolios via M&A. The analysis explores the dataset on M&As in alternative energy sources worldwide...

This study empirically investigates the extent to which firms in the European Union, once acquired through a cross-border acquisition, show different productivity levels as compared to those firms that have not been acquired. Our identification strategy relies on the combination of Propensity...

Unkonventionelle Formen des internationalen Handels (z.B. Gegengeschäfte, Kompensationen, Barter, kurz: Tauschhandel) haben im Zuge des Verfalls der Rohstoffpreise und der Verschärfung der internationalen Schuldenprobleme seit den Ölpreisanstiegen von 1973/74 und 1979 vor allem in vielen...