IWH construction Industry Survey February 2002: Business conditions somewhat less unfavorable than in prior-year period
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 4,
2002
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Annual IWH Construction Industry Survey 2002: Decline in East German
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 2,
2002
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Bank Concentration and Retail Interest Rates
S. Corvoisier, Reint E. Gropp
Journal of Banking and Finance,
No. 11,
2002
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The recent wave of mergers in the euro area raises the question whether the increase in concentration has offset the increase in competition in European banking through deregulation. We test this question by estimating a simple Cournot model of bank pricing. We construct country and product specific measures of bank concentration and find that for loans and demand deposits increasing concentration may have resulted in less competitive pricing by banks, whereas for savings and time deposits, the model is rejected, suggesting increases in contestability and/or efficiency in these markets. Finally, the paper discusses some implications for tests of the effect of concentration on monetary policy transmission.
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IWH Construction Industry Survey December 2001: Companies skepticism remains high
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 1,
2002
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East German construction industry in October 2001: Downtrend has not accelerated so far
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 15,
2001
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Current Trends - Decline of investment in construction industry in East Germany continues at high speed
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 13,
2001
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IWH Construction Industry Survey August 2001: East German Construction
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 12,
2001
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Climate protection policy in the housing sector: Lacking impact and need for action
Steffen Hentrich
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 11,
2001
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Energy savings in the rental housing sector may contribute to the reduction of global greenhouse gas emission. However, emissions have gone up since the early nineties despite of large energy saving potentials. In general the effects of energy saving regulations and support programmes were overestimated. Unfortunately, these programmes ignore market specific restraints.
Markets do not provide optimal incentives to prevent emissions since the costs of greenhouse gas emissions are not fully internalised in fuel prices. Special characteristics of rental housing market in Germany enhance this deficit. Consequently profitable measures of saving energy are neglected. Overall the effectiveness of regulations and support programmes suffers.
Therefore it is necessary to strengthen energy saving incentives. Suitable instruments would include a gradual rise in fuel taxes (Öko-Steuer), a reduction of rental housing market control and measures to improve the transparency of energy consumption.
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East German construction industry June 2001: Early slump in companies' business expectations
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 10,
2001
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The economic situation and development in the East German construction industry – a company specific empirical analysis based on the IWH Construction Industry Surveys and the IAB company panel
Brigitte Loose
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 136,
2001
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