Gaston Michel investigates whether shocks to real estate markets constitute an important source of the risk that is priced in the cross section of equity returns. His results document that real estate risk explains a large part of the cross-sectional variation in equity returns. He shows that an...

The thesis of Kristina Reimer provides a comprehensive analysis of asymmetric cost behavior (also known as cost stickiness) by discussing its origin and development in the theoretical and empirical research from the 1920s of the past century up until today. Further, using an empirical approach,...

Demographic trends put a burden on EU pension provision. As the sustainability of pension systems is addressed by current pension reforms, lower benefit levels are projected. In this scenario, households may want to consider supplementing their public pension income. As their own residence is on...

Basierend auf der Erkenntnis, dass Einwohner eine bedeutende Zielgruppe im Rahmen der Markenführung von Städten sind, entwickelt Ayla Rößler ein Modell zur internen, identitätsbasierten Markenführung von Städten. Es wird untersucht, wie Einwohner als wichtige interne Zielgruppe einer...