Credit rationing and the use of collateral are widely observed in debt financing. To our view there is yet no appropriate theoretical explanation for these facts. In the standard debt financing models the occurrence of credit rationing can be explained based on suitable assumptions. But those...

Major differences between national financial systems might make a common monetary policy difficult. As within Europe, Germany and the United Kingdom differ most with respect to their financial systems, the present paper addresses its topic under the assumption that the United Kingdom is already...

Individual financial systems can be understood as very specific configurations of certain keyelements. Often these configurations remain unchanged for decades. We hypothesize that thereis a specific relationship between key elements, namely that of complementarity. Thus,complementarity seems to...

This paper develops a continuous-time model of liquidity provision by banks, in which customers can deposit and withdraw their funds strategically ...

Der vorliegende Beitrag stellt einen Versuch dar, die Zukunft des Bankwesens in Europa unter der spezifischen Fragestellung zu analysieren, ob sich trotz der offensichtlichen und gravierenden Änderungen informations-technologischer, regulatorischer und politischer Art im Umfeld der Banken die...

We propose an explanation for the "disappearing dividend" phenomenon: the decline in the information content of dividend announcements. This reduces the propensity of firms to pay or increase dividends, since dividends are costly.(...)

Surveys on the use of agency credit ratings reveal that most investors believe that rating agencies are relatively slow in adjusting their ratings. (...)

The authors demonstrates that, in contrast to optimistic investors, pessimistic investors may strictly prefer investing in an illiquid asset toinvesting in a liquid asset.

Die empirische Kapitalmarktforschung der letzten Jahre hat gezeigt, dass sich Individuen auf Finanzmärkten nicht immer rational verhalten. Ein Phänomen, das in diesem Zusammenhang untersucht wurde, ist der sogenannte Status-Quo Bias. Individuen unterliegen einem Status-Quo Bias, wenn sie...

In diesem Papier wird das Handelsverhalten großer Marktteilnehmer während des Versuchs einer künstlich erzeugten Marktknappheit untersucht. Wir betrachten den in London gehandelten Bond-Future Kontrakt. Unter Verwendung der Cash- und Future-Transaktionen von Händlern und Kunden untersuchen...