Preference for control affects investment behavior. Participants of laboratory experiments invest different amount of money in a risky asset when face with two different methods of control which have identical payoff structure and probability distribution, but provide different sense of control....

Die internationale Finanzkrise ist aufdem besten Wege, sich zu einer weltweitenWirtschaftskrise zu entwickeln.Bei dem sich abzeichnenden schwerenAbschwung handelt es sich nicht um einegewöhnliche Rezession, sondern um eineBilanzrezession. In dieser stößt eineexpansive Geldpolitik schnell an...

We study differences in the price paid for liquidity across banks using price data atthe individual bank level. Unique to this paper, we also have data on individualbanks’ reserve requirements and actual reserve holdings, thus allowing us to gaugethe extent to which a bank is short or long...

The increased need/wish for mobility amongst various sections of the society, particularlyamongst professionally active groups, is confronting credit institutions (banks) and otherenterprises offering financial services, with challenges to adjust their service portfolio in away to best suit the...