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This paper documents that standard cross-sectional determinants of firm leverage also apply to the capital structure of large banks in the United States and Europe. We find a remarkable consistency in sign, significance and economic magnitude. Like non-financial firms, banks appear to have...
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This paper documents that standard cross-sectional determinants of firm leverage also apply to the capital structure of large banks in the United States and Europe. We find a remarkable consistency in sign, significance and economic magnitude. Like non-financial firms, banks appear to have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097682
Die Entwicklung des Robo Advice bietet bankenunabhängigen FinTechs die Chance, sich Anteile am Markt für Anlageberatung, Vermittlung und Verwaltung von Finanzinstrumenten zu erobern. Dauerhaft werden sie sich allerdings nur dann als unabhängige Anbieter behaupten können, wenn ihnen alle...
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between borrowers and lenders, we quantify the value of using patents as collateral with regard to capital access. Although … patent collateral and access to capital. We make use of mandatory collateral registry data in Sweden and the Netherlands to …-in-difference regressions on firms' debt allows deducting treatment effects of using patents as collateral. We find that patent pledging enables …
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accepts all European government bonds without distinction in its monetary policy auctions as collateral. This could provide …
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accepts all European government bonds without distinction in its monetary policy auctions as collateral. This could provide …
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Family firms are known for their reluctance to invest in research and development. We show that strengthened trade secret protection is associated with higher R&D investment by family firms. More specifically, we show that the association between the strength of trade secret protection through...
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This study examines whether staged project management is beneficial or harmful for making product innovations. Using a unique firm urvey for Japan, we find that firms that employed staged project management had a higher likelihood of introducing new products to the market. Additional estimations...
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We investigate the interdependence of debt financing and R&D activities of young firms. Using micro-level data of the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel, our estimation results show that firm characteristics are more important than personal characteristics of the founders for explaining young firms'...
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Do firms select their main bank relationship according to their risk or risk preferences? Relationship banking is attractive for high risk firms since it improves their access to finance and provides liquidity insurance. Low risk firms instead may not want to bear the additional costs. I employ...
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