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Business Cycle Volatility in Germany
Buch, Claudia M.; Doepke, Joerg; Pierdzioch, Christian - 2002
structural breaks in the dynamics and the volatility of the real output process in Germany can be detected. We report evidence … that output volatility has declined in Germany. Yet, this decline in output volatility is not as clear-cut as it is in the … in Germany reflects good economic and monetary policy or merely ?good luck?. …
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Why Do Banks Go Abroad? - Evidence from German Data
Buch, Claudia M. - 1999
This paper provides empirical evidence on the determinants of foreign activities of German banks. We use regionally disaggregated panel data for the years 1981?98 and distinguish foreign direct investment from total foreign assets of domestic banks, of their foreign branches and their...
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Foreign Competition and Disintermediation: No Threat to the German Banking System?
Golder, Stefan M.; Buch, Claudia M. - 1999
fact that universal banking in Germany creates implicit barriers to entry. Yet, regulatory and informational differences …
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What Determines Maturity? An Analysis for Foreign Assets of German Commercial Banks
Buch, Claudia M. - 2000
Surges and reversals of short-term foreign liabilities are often held responsible for instabilities in international financial markets. Yet, empirical evidence on the factors determining the maturity of capital flows is scant. This paper analyzes the determinants of foreign assets of German...
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Do banks benefit from internationalization? Revisiting the market power-risk nexus
Buch, Claudia M.; Koch, Cathérine Tahmee; Koetter, Michael - 2010
Recent developments on international financial markets have called the benefits of bank globalization into question. Large, internationally active banks have acquired substantial market power, and international activities have not necessarily made banks less risky. Yet, surprisingly little is...
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The role of banks : evidence from Germany and the US
Brichs Serra, Elisabeth; Buch, Claudia M.; Nienaber, Thomas - 1997
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Determinants of German FDI : new evidence from micro-data
Toubal, Farid; Kleinert, Jörn; Buch, Claudia M. - 2003
This paper provides new evidence on the foreign direct investment stocks of German firms. We use firm-level data for the years 1990-2000 to describe the regional and sectoral patterns of German FDI through gravity-type equations. We provide evidence on the patterns of FDI by sector, by size of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432062
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Economic integration and FDI in transition economies : what can we learn from German data?
Buch, Claudia M.; Toubal, Farid - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 72 (2003) 4, pp. 594-610
The opening up of Central and Eastern Europe has provided new investment opportunities for German investors. At the same time, importing capital from abroad can be an efficient mechanism towards increased factor accumulation for the accession states to the European Union. In this paper, we study...
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Domestic and foreign banks in Germany : do they differ?
Buch, Claudia M.; Golder, Stefan M. - 2000
The German banking market is notorious for its low degree of market penetration by foreign financial institutions, suggesting that markets serviced by domestic and foreign banks are segmented. This paper employs a number of tests to determine whether activities of domestic and foreign banks are...
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Information or regulation : what Is driving the international activities of commercial banks?
Buch, Claudia M. - 2000
Information costs and regulatory barriers are the main distinguishing features of international financial markets as compared to national financial markets. This paper presents a simple model of the impact of these factors on banks' cross-border activities and provides empirical evidence. Our...
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