infonet-economy

This dissertation theoretically examines the variance of cooperation mechanisms in the decision-making process of the EU. I introduce a costs framework of typological conditions of interdependency – the balance between costs of preserving sovereignty rights and enhancing the decisiveness of the regional group – in order to examine the incentives of the member states of the EU to…

Contrary to the wide majority of studies that try to characterise EU external governance by looking at the macro structures of association relations, our comparative analysis shows that overarching foreign policy initiatives such as the EEA, Swiss-EU Bilateralism or the ENP have little impact on the modes how the EU seeks to expand its policy boundaries in individual sectors. In…

As mandated by Resolution 5 of the first Diplomatic Conference convened in Geneva to adopt a Convention on Substantive Rules Regarding Intermediated Securities, the Draft Official Commentary explains the issues and contents addressed by the Draft Convention dated 10 October 2008.

Vermögende Kunden weisen eine ausgeprägte Wertschätzung für persönliche Anlageberatung auf. Dies zeigt eine repräsentative Studie des Institutes für schweizerisches Bankenwesen der Universität Zürich. Befragt wurden Schweizer Private Banking Kunden sowie Kundenberater und Exponenten des Managements Schweizer Vermögensverwalter. Allerdings geht aus der Studie auch hervor, dass sich…

Purpose – In order to classify individuals based on their needs, this paper aims to consider both self-stated attitudes and behaviours in a comprehensive range of daily financial affairs. Furthermore, it aims to study the impacts of socio-demographic variables such as gender, age, and education.

Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was answered by 1,282 respondents in…

The development of unit root tests continues unabated, with many recent contributions using techniques such as generalized least squares (GLS) detrending and recursive detrending to improve the power of the test. In this article, the relation between the seemingly disparate tests is demonstrated by algebraically nesting all of them as ratios of quadratic forms in normal variables. By…

In 3D virtual environments (3DVE), we need to know what an object looks like (i.e. geometric information) and what the object is, what are its properties and characteristics and how it relates to other objects (i.e. non-geometric information). Several interactive presentation techniques have been devised to incorporate non-geometric information into 3DVEs. The relevance of a…