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The aim of this paper is to assess how German savings banks adjust capital and risk under capital regulation. We estimate a modified version of the model developed by Shrieves and Dahl (1992). This paper contributes to the literature in three ways. First, we test the capital buffer theory...
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Germany with fragmented banking systems. In Germany, savings banks and cooperative banks taken together are important players …
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This study analyses whether expected budget deficits have an impact on interest rate swap spreads in France, Germany … the whole sample period (1994-2004). However, we find an increase in market discipline for Germany and France since the … signing of the Stability and Growth Pact, and for Germany also since the start of European monetary union. …
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This paper investigates how multinational firms choose the capital structure of their foreign affiliates in response to political risk. We focus on two choice variables, the leverage and the ownership structure of the foreign affiliate, and we distinguish different types of political risk, such...
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