Brussels, 14/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - According to research carried out by the European Commission and published on Tuesday, integration of EU financial markets will boost GDP by 1.1% - or €130 billion in 2002 prices and stimulate employment by a further 0.5%. The study is the initial stage of empirical research on the impact of financial integration on the cost of raising finance in Europe. The simulations performed as part of the study show that the cost of equity capital will decrease...