The incomplete European market for financial services, the obstacles to its integration and the potential benefits from more integration are subject of this book which is largely focussing on retail markets. The…

Innovation processes in the service sector exhibit substantial differences com-pared to the manufacturing sector. Rather than replacing existing products, new services broaden the range of product variety…

Transaction costs will reduce the attractiveness of the Kyoto Mechanisms compared to domestic abatement options. Especially the project-based mechanisms CDM and JI are likely to entail considerable costs of…