This paper provides empirical evidence on life-cycle patterns in the asset allocation of Swedish households. Data on household portfolio allocation are collected from the HINK surveys for the period 1982-1992, and portfolio shares of different asset categories are regressed on age, period, and...

Problemstellung: In der Schweiz betreibt eine Grosszahl der Banken neben dem Bank- ebenfalls das Effektenhandelsgeschäft. Dazu benötigen sie von der Eidgenössischen Bankenkommission (EBK) je eine separate Bewilligung als Bank und Effektenhändler. Effektenhändler, welche nicht gleichzeitig...

Neben den Banken wird das Vermögensverwaltungsgeschäft in der Schweiz auch von an-deren Anbietern betrieben, insbesondere von den nicht regulierten unabhängigen Vermögensverwaltern und den durch das Börsengesetz regulierten Effektenhändlern. Das vorliegende Working Paper gibt einen...

We review developments in the history of money, banking, and financial intermediation over the last twenty years. We focus on studies of financial development, including the role of regulation and the history of central banking. We also review the literature of banking and financial crises. This...

In the United Kingdom, money demand deviates from the convex relationship suggested by monetary theory. Limited commitment of borrowers via banks can explain this observation. Our finding is based on a microfounded monetary model, where a money market provides insurance against idiosyncratic...

The paper reports results that show a much weakened statistical relationship between total bank credit, total deposits and the broad money supply for the period after 1995 for the US, where no statistical causation can be discerned in either direction. This has been the result of the changing...

This paper analyzes financial intermediation chains in a search model with an endogenous intermediary sector. We show that the chain length and price dispersion among interdealer trades are decreasing in search cost, search speed, and market size but increasing in investors' trading needs. Using...