Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-082 // 2007

    Merger Control as Barrier to EU Banking Market Integration

    In 2005, the President of the Bank of Italy blocked the cross-border acquisition of two Italian banks for "prudential reasons and formal errors". Following these events, the EU Commission brought actions…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-076 // 2007

    What Explains the Spread Between the Euro Overnight Rate and the ECB's Policy Rate?

    In this paper we employ a time series econometric framework to explore the structural determinants of the spread between the euro overnight rate and the ECB's policy rate (EONIA spread) aiming to explain the…

  3. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2007

    December 2007

    • Current Economic Situation and Expectations Worsen in November
    • Eurozone: Inflationary and Economic Risks
    • United States: Further Interest-Rate Cuts Expected
    • Japan: Experts Anticipate Rising Inflation
    • Great Britain:…
  4. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2007

    Nr. 4 (Dezember) - 2007

    • Konjunkturaussichten Deutschland: Die Risiken haben zugenommen
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Novemberumfrage 2007
    • Stimmung und Erwartungen der Dienstleister trüben sich ein
    • Institutionelle…
  5. Financial Market Report CEE // 2007

    December 2007

    • Pessimistic Economic Expectations for the CEE Region Prevail
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Less Dynamic Economic Development Starting From a High Level
    • Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Situation and…

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