Competition authorities have a growing interest in assessing the effects of partial ownership arrangements. We show that the effects of such agreements on competition and welfare depend on the intensity of competition in the market and on the firms' governance structure. When assessing the...

Competition authorities have a growing interest in assessing the effects of partial ownership arrangements. We show that the effects of such agreements on competition and welfare depend on the intensity of competition in the market and on the firms' governance structure. When assessing the...

Die finanzielle Beteiligung der Mitarbeiter am Arbeit gebenden Unternehmen ist in den letzten 30 Jahren in Europa zu einem wichtigen politischen Thema geworden. Jedoch nutzen in Deutschland sowohl Unternehmen als auch Arbeitnehmer insbesondere die Mitarbeiterkapitalbeteiligung im europäischen...

"China's outward foreign direct investment, for which Australia is one of the largest destinations, has rapidly increased and become an important source of global capital. Nevertheless, Chinese investors have encountered many challenges in making their investment decisions and managing their...

CESEE banks are reducing foreign funding sources in response to reduced external imbalances, reduced ability to tap international savings, banking group own strategies, initiatives by some regulators, and consistently with uncertainties surrounding the future of the banking union project. In the...

Die vorliegende Studie knüpft an eine Untersuchung des Thünen-Instituts aus dem Jahr 2011 zu Aktivitäten nichtlandwirtschaftlicher und überregional aktiver Investoren auf dem landwirtschaftlichen Bodenmarkt an. Diese hatte Flächenkäufe und den Erwerb ganzer Unter-nehmen zum Gegenstand,...

We analyze horizontal mergers when the acquirer holds a passive partial ownership stake (PPO) in the target firm prior to the merger. We show that a PPO reduces the minimal synergy level necessary to make a merger beneficial for consumers. It follows that an antitrust authority ignoring existing...

This paper considers the potential rural development benefits of community ownership or co-ownership (or equity participation) of on-shore wind energy developments and argues for further research to assess the case for enhanced policy support for such ownership structures. Previous authors have...

We use data on 1,294 banks in Central and Eastern Europe to analyze how bank ownership and creditor coordination in the form of the Vienna Initiative affected credit growth during the 2008–09 crisis. As part of the Vienna Initiative western European banks signed country-specific...

The 2012 Article IV Consultation reports that Iceland’s fiscal consolidation is continuing, but at a slower pace. Moderate expenditure overruns materialized in 2011, which will partly spill over to 2012 and the medium term. A key priority is to put the medium-term fiscal path back on...

Germany's repeal of the corporate capital gains tax for the disposal of domestic holdings was expected to substantially change the system of corporate network holdings and corporate control. Based on a general divestiture model, we show that the probability of a disposal increased after the tax...