The first systematic analysis of why Britain and France parted company on the issue of European monetary integration. Ikemoto reveals that Britain was much keener to participate in the early stages of monetary integration than previously thought; Britain and France pursued broadly similar...

This book looks at concerns in the EU about differences in company tax rates, exchange rate changes, and inflation differentials, building an analytical model which includes the finance decision of firms, particularly those decisions which have a strong tax component

Speculative currency crises seem to have become a common and inevitable phenomenon in the international monetary system. Against this background, various approaches have been developed by economists to cover the broad range of situations in which balance-of-payments crises occurred. Anja Zenker...

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...

Für eine effiziente Kapitalallokation, insbesondere mit Blick auf die Hinterlegung ausreichender Eigenmittel zur Absicherung gegen extreme Marktbewegungen, ist eine möglichst genaue Abschätzung der Marktrisiken erforderlich. Die Ermittlung des Value-at-Risk ist in diesem Zusammenhang von...

Der bei der Umstellung von Aktienindizes zu beobachtende Indexeffekt ist ein in der Finanzierungstheorie und in der Kapitalmarktpraxis viel beachtetes Phänomen, das in der Kapitalmarktforschung auf großes Interesse stößt. Welche Ursachen hat der auf vollkommenen Kapitalmärkten nicht zu...

Charakterisierung von Unternehmensanleihen -- Konzeption der empirischen Untersuchung und Datenaufbereitung -- Empirische Methodik: Bestimmung von impliziten Ausfallwahrscheinlichkeiten aus Zinsstrukturkurven -- Empirische Untersuchung: Analyse der impliziten Ausfallwahrscheinlichkeiten --...

A Theoretical Framework -- Specifications and Assumptions -- Underlying Equilibrium Growth Paths -- Variations in Employment -- Some Important Implications -- Exchange Rate Overshooting -- Exchange Rate Determination -- Issues Regarding Exchange Rate Determination -- Time Series Properties of...