Ab dem 7. Januar 2004 beteiligten sich Studenten der Universität Leipzig an den seiteinigen Monaten bundesweit währenden Protestaktionen mit einem „konstruktivenStreik“. Dabei sollten reguläre Lehrveranstaltungen ersetzt werden durch Aktionen,die durch Ort, Zeit und insbesondere Inhalt...

Our paper examines the impact of heterogeneous trading technologies for households onasset prices and the distribution of wealth. We distinguish between passive traders whohold fixed portfolios of stocks and bonds, and active traders who adjust their portfolios tochanges in the investment...

This paper provides a framework with which to model one of the key links between universities andindustry – the undertaking of applied research. We assume that the fundamental objective of universities isto undertake fundamental research and that they receive public funding to do so....

Die Finanzierung öffentlicher Haushalte erfolgt durch Steuereinnahmen, Zuwendungen und Kredite. Investitionen, insbesondere Bauinvestitionen, können und werden in der Regel kreditfinanziert.

The Japanese Fiscal Investment and Loan Progam (FILP) will be fundamentally changed in April 2001. We are comparing the pre- and post-reform Japanese system with the German system of policy-based finance and we have found that the German system is quite different. In the case of the...

Die klassische Kreditfinanzierung der kommunalen Haushalte hat sich zwar in der Vergangenheit bewährt, stößt aber in Zeiten kommunaler Geldnot zunehmend an ihre Grenzen. Die schwache Konjunktur und die Steuerreformen der letzten Jahre haben die Kommunen in massive finanzielle Bedrängnis...

We analyze the effect of enhanced annuities on an insurer engaging in individualunderwriting. We use a frailty model for the heterogeneity of the insured populationand model the individual underwriting by a random variable that positivelycorrelates with the corresponding frailty factor. For a...

In the last few years it has been possible to observe decreasing interest margins forGerman universal banks. At the same time, institutions increasingly moved partof their business from interest to fee-earning activities. This study analyzes thedeterminants of non-interest income and its impact...

Despite extensive research interest in the last decade, the banking literature has notreached a consensus on the impact of bank mergers on deposit rates. In particular,results on the dynamics of deposit rates surrounding bank mergers vary substantiallyacross studies. In this paper, we aim for a...