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Stand und Perspektiven der "New Economy" in ausgewählten Mitgliedstaaten der EU aus deutscher Sicht

Vieweg, Hans-Günther; Fuchs, Thomas; Hild, Reinhard; … - 2005

, Großbritannien, Italien, Niederlande und Schweden) in Hinblick auf die Diffusion und die Wirkungen des Einsatzes moderner …

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Mobilizing objects and money: Inventories of the donations at the origin of the Monti di Pietà

Delcorno, Pietro - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 52 (2023) 2, pp. 51-75

Monti di Pietà were first founded in the 1460s as public banks whose aim was to provide citizens with solidaristic credit. In this institution, the interplay between the objects pawned and the small money loans granted in exchange was vital and mediated by a wellorganized paper "ecosystem" of...

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Will video kill the radio star? Digitalisation and the future of banking

Beck, Thorsten; Cecchetti, Stephen G.; Grothe, Magdalena; … - 2022

The contribution of financial and non-financial risks to the overall level of risk in the system depends on the current state of the EU banking system (which, in the aggregate and compared with banking sectors in other major advanced economies, cannot be characterised as strong) and how...

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The German banking system and the global financial crisis: Causes, developments and policy responses

Bleuel, Hans-H. - 2009

Germany's banking sector has been severely hit by the global financial crisis. In a German context as of February, 2009, this paper reviews briefly the structure of the banking industry, quantifies effects of the crisis on banks and surveys responses of economic policy. It is argued that policy...

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Bank mergers, competition and liquidity

Carletti, Elena; Hartmann, Philipp; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2003

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Banking in Africa: financing transformation amid uncertainty

2020

In its fifth edition, this report focuses on recent developments in Africa's banking sectors and the policy options for all stakeholders. The study of banking sectors across all African sub-regions includes the results of the EIB survey of banking groups operating in Africa. Three thematic...

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Macro-imbalances and bank lending: A case of Kenya's banking industry

Agung, Raphael; Muli, Anthony; Ndwiga, David; Njoroge, … - 2025

The paper examines the effect of macroeconomic imbalances on bank lending with emphasis on the exchange rate movement …, inflation differential and fiscal deficit. In the study, bank lending is modelled by gross loans and advances, assets quality … and risk appetite. The panel GMM model results show that the Kenya shilling depreciation increased bank lending, improved …

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Hedging with Credit Derivatives and its Strategic Role in Banking Competition

Pausch, Thilo; Schweimayer, Gerhard - 2004

The tremendous growth of markets for credit derivatives since the mid 1990's has raised questions regarding the role of these instruments in the banking in- dustry which is heavily exposed to credit risk. However, while recent literature mainly focused on pricing and optimal decisions regarding...

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Swedish copper and financial skullduggery in Amsterdam, 1610-1625

Stryker, Lawrence S. - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 51 (2022) 2, pp. 45-83

In 1611 the young Gustav Adolf Vasa ascended the throne of Sweden as Gustav II Adolf. Along with the throne, the king inherited a disastrous war with Denmark, which he ended by signing the onerous Peace of Knäred. The terms included the obligation for Sweden to pay a one million rixdaler...

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A window onto the world of merchants: An analytical grid for interpreting notarial contracts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Antunes, Cátia - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 52 (2023) 2, pp. 191-209

Early Modern historians have long been fascinated by the mercantile world of the late medieval and early modern periods. The reason for their fascination can be ascribed to the wealth, cosmopolitism, social capital and political clout that many of these merchants (mostly men) projected onto...

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