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Analysis of Developments in the Fields of Direct Investment and M&A – 2012 Report Part I: Recent Developments
| Client: | EC DG Internal Market and Services | |
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| Published: | November, 2012 |
The study examines recent trends in FDI and capital movements. Overall, the recovery in world-wide FDI witnessed in 2010 continued in 2011, after the sharp decline in the period 2007-09. In 2011, the level of worldwide inward FDI reached €1.1 trillion, increasing by 10.9% from its level in 2010. However, the 2011 level is still […]
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Analysis of Developments in the Fields of Direct Investment and M&A – 2012 Report Part II: The EU, the BRICs and Other Emerging Economies
| Client: | EC DG Internal Market and Services | |
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| Published: | November, 2012 |
The study looks more closely into the evolution of FDI between the EU and the BRICs, considering where the EU’s position and prospects are, both as origin and as destination for BRIC FDI. Global investment trends show that over the past 15 years the BRICs, as well as other emerging economies, have become increasingly important […]
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Analysis of Developments in the Fields of Direct Investment and M&A (mergers and Acquisitions) – Part II
| Client: | EC DG Internal Market | |
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| Published: | November, 2011 |
This report consists of three papers providing analyses of topics relevant to foreign direct investment: bilateral investment treaties, a financial transactions tax and investment screening mechanisms. Bilateral investment treaties An empirical analysis of the influence bilateral investment treaties (BITs) on the pattern of FDI flows in the EU was carried out. A gravity model of […]
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Study on the Economic Benefits of Privacy-enhancing Technologies (PETs)
| Client: | EC DG Freedom, Security and Justice | |
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| Published: | July, 2010 |
This report for the European Commission’s DG Freedom, Security and Justice investigates the economic benefits of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) for data controllers, with a particular focus on SMEs. Based on consultations with data protection authorities in 12 Member States, as well as on a large-scale survey of businesses and a number of case studies detailing […]
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The Evolution of the High-volume Retail Sector in Europe over the Past 5 Years
| Client: | EESC Consultative Commission on Industrial Change | |
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| Published: | July, 2009 |
This study aims to provide a complete and detailed insight of the evolution of high-volume retailers (HVR) in the food and clothing sectors in different EU Member States. The main conclusions from the analysis are the following. The number of HVR (firms with more than 5% market share) in the food sector is around 5 […]
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IBPT Decision on the Approach to the Regulation of Price Squeeze in Telecommunications Markets
| Client: | Institut Belge de Poste et Telecommunications | |
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| Published: | July, 2007 |
London Economics assisted the Institut Belge de Poste et Telecommunications with the development of IBPT’s guidelines on its approach to the regulation of price squeeze in telecommunications markets. LE, working with legal advisors McDermott Will & Emery/Stanbrook LLP, advised on regulatory practices in other countries, on the appropriate structure of the test and on the […]
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Structure and Performance of Six European Wholesale Electricity Markets in 2003, 2004, and 2005
| Client: | EC DG Competition | |
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| Published: | February, 2007 |
The report provides an in-depth assessment of the electricity wholesale markets in Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain with a view to determining how competitive markets were in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The report provides summary key results for traditional market structural indicators, electricity-specific measures of market structure and market outcome measures. […]