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What drives the demand of monetary financial institutions for domestic government bonds? : empirical evidence on the impact of Basel II and Basel III
Lang, Michael; Schröder, Michael - 2014
This paper examines the treatment of sovereign debt exposure within the Basel framework and measures the impact of bank … regulation on the demand of Monetary Financial Institutions (MFI) for marketable sovereign debt. Our results suggest that bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459905
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How do banks determine capital? : Empirical evidence for Germany
Kleff, Volker (contributor); Weber, Martin (contributor) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001911581
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The zero risk fallacy? : banks' sovereign exposure and sovereign risk spillovers
Kirschenmann, Karolin; Korte, Josef; Steffen, Sascha - 2017
European banks are exposed to a substantial amount of risky sovereign debt. The "missing bank capital" resulting from …-weights. More bank capital as well as positive risk-weighting for sovereign exposures mitigates spillovers. …
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Short-term borrowing for long-term projects : are family businesses more susceptible to “irrational” financing choices?
Peters, Bettina; Westerheide, Peter - 2011
in other businesses. Family businesses take out more often bank loans specifically to finance investments and innovations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901888
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New evidence on ownership structures in Germany
Köke, F. Jens - 1999
Ownership structures are an important element of the theory explaining corporate governance. This study presents detailed descriptive evidence on the ownership structures of German manufacturing firms. It addresses several shortcomings of the previous German empirical literature: First, we study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443468
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Product market competition, corporate governance and firm performance : an empirical analysis for Germany
Januszewski, Silke I.; Köke, F. Jens; Winter, Joachim - 1999
Germany's bank-based system of internal control, ownership concentration is harmful for productivity growth. … econometric analysis of firm performance in Germany. Based on a unique panel data set with detailed information on almost 400 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443499
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Haftungsregeln und Innovation
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2000
This paper discusses the incentives for innovation when liability is limited or not. Clearly innovative activity involves risk. On the one hand, the risk of firm owners is limited if their liability is limited. On the other hand credits will be more difficult to receive if liability is limited....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444773
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Control transfers in corporate Germany : their frequency, causes and consequences
Köke, F. Jens - 2001
This study examines changes in block ownership for a large sample of listed and non-listed German firms. The frequency of block trading is similar to other countries, and the vast majority of block trades leads to changes in ultimate ownership (control transfers). Such changes are more likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445220
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Increasing tax transparency : investor reactions to the country-by-country reporting requirement for EU financial institutions
Dutt, Verena K.; Ludwig, Christopher A.; Nicolay, Katharina - 2018
We employ an event study methodology to investigate the stock price reaction around the day of the political decision to include a country-by-country reporting obligation for EU financial institutions. We do not find significant abnormal returns for the banks affected. Sample splits according to...
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Corporate main bank decision
Höwer, Daniel - 2013
Do firms select their main bank relationship according to their risk or risk preferences? Relationship banking is … may not want to bear the additional costs. I employ a nested logit model to study the determinants of the main bank … relationship decision by newly established German firms. I find that firms that ask for bank support in case of financial distress …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009732772