We analyse the macroeconomic effects of exogenous contractions in bank lending to non-financial corporations in the Euro Area, Germany, France, Italy and Spain using a Bayesian vector autoregressive model with endogenous hyperparameter selection and identification via sign restrictions. We focus...

Recent regulatory efforts aim at lowering the cyclicality of bank lending because of its potential detrimental effects on financial stability and the real economy. We investigate the cyclicality of SME lending by local banks with vs. without a public mandate, controlling for location, size, loan...

Der folgende Beitrag zeigt anhand der Besteuerungswirkungen, die in einem zweistufigen kapitalistischen Unternehmensaufbau unter Einbeziehung der Anteilseigner auftreten, gegenwärtige Steuerbelastungsunterschiede bei nationalen und grenzüberschreitenden Investitionen von im europäischen...

Using a newly constructed panel dataset of German enterprises, I estimate R&D and capital investment equations for the time period from 1990 to 1994. Simple accelerator specifications indicate considerable sensitivity of R&D and investment to cash flow for relatively small firms. Much of this...