Der folgende Bericht fasst die Ergebnisse einer mündlichen Befragung von Freiberuflern in Rostock, Bad Doberan und Güstrow zum Thema der Nutzung klassischer und elektronischer Vertriebswege von Bankdienstleistungen zusammen. Ziel war, Entscheidungen von kleinen Unternehmen - speziell der...

Banking across borders has risen substantially over the past two decades. Yet there is significant heterogeneity in the international and global activities of banks across countries. This paper develops and tests a theoretical model that explains this variation from an international trade theory...

Little is known about how socioeconomic characteristics of executive teams affect corporate governance in banking. Exploiting a unique dataset, we show how age, gender, and education composition of executive teams affect risk taking of financial institutions. First, we establish that age,...

This study investigates the development of income-decreasing discretionary expenses surrounding CEO turnovers at banks. We expect incoming CEOs to take an earnings bath during the initial stage of their tenure. For a sample of German banks over the period 1993-2012, we document that (1) incoming...