Bank Performance in Transition Economies (2002)
Fries, Steven, Neven, Damien, Seabright, Paul
This paper examines the performance of 515 banks in 16 transition economies for the years 1994 – 99 based on their public financial accounts. We first examine lending behaviour and probability...
Market entry, privatization and bank performance in transition -super-1
Steven Fries, Damien Neven, Paul Seabright, Anita Taci
This paper examines how market entry and privatization have affected the margins and marginal costs of banks in the post-communist transition. We estimate bank revenue and cost functions, allowing...
Bank Performance in Transition Economies
This paper examines the performance of 515 banks in 16 transition economies for the years 1994 - 99 based on their public financial accounts. We first examine lending behaviour and probability...
This paper gathers evidence on apparent discrepancies between EU decisions and stock market's anticipations of the anti-competitive consequences of particular mergers. We consider a sample of about...
Bank Performance in Transition Economies
Steven Fries, Damien Neven, Paul Seabright
This paper examines the performance of 515 banks in 16 transition economies for the years 1994 – 99 based on their public financial accounts. We first examine lending behaviour and probability...
European Industrial Policy: The Airbus Case
industrial policy; airframe industry; calibration
Swiss Competition Policy in the Last Decade.
This paper provides a critical review of the competition policy implemented under the 1985 law.
Die Fusion UBS-SBV aus der Sicht der Wettbewerbspolitik
This paper examines the effects the planned merger between UBS and SBC would have on competition in the Swiss banking market. It is shown that the merger would lead to a dangerous level of...
In a previous paper we have shown that the UBS-SBC merger would lead to an excessive concentration in the credit market for small and medium companies. The UBS has reacted to this paper in a series...
Market entry, privatization and bank performance in transition
Steven Fries, Damien Neven, Paul Seabright, Anita Taci
This paper examines how market entry and privatization have affected the margins and marginal costs of banks in the post-communist transition. We estimate bank revenue and cost functions, allowing...
Competition Policy in Switzerland
This paper provides a critical review of competition policy in Switzerland. We analyse the legal statute, the institutional arrangements for its implementation and the case law since 1985.
Relative Prices, Trade and Restructuring in European Industry
Damien NEVEN., Charles WYPLOSZ
This paper explores the link between trade and European labor markets by using evidence on relative commodity prices and intra-sectoral skill levels at the NACE three digit level for the four large...
The Competitive Impact of the UBS-SBC Merger
This short paper reviews the recent anti-trust analysis of banking mergers as well as recent decisions by the Department of Justice and the Bundeskartellamt (in the last few months). We analyse the...
Politique de la concurrence en Suisse (1996-1998). Evaluation et perspectives d'évolution
Si la Suisse a depuis deux ans un droit de la concurrence largement modernisé et compatible avec celui d'autres juridictions telles que la Communauté, la mise en oeuvre de cette nouvelle politique...
Foreign Direct Investment in the European Community: Some Policy Issues.
Neven, Damien, Siotis, Georges
This paper analyzes three policy issues associated with foreign direct investment flows in the European Community. First, we find that recent FDI flows raise concerns that the technology of EC firms...
Regional Convergence in the European Community
DAMIEN NEVEN, CLAUDINE GOUYMTE
This article assesses convergence in output per head across regions in the European Community, for the period 1975-90. We use three alternative methodologies to measure convergence, which yield...
Ex Post Evaluation of Enforcement: A Principal-Agent Perspective
ex post evaluation, competition policy, incentives, L49, K21, K41,