Contemporaries and historians have highlighted London’s position asthe world’s leading financial centre, and its dominance of both tradefinancing and international capital investment at this time. The cur-rent historical literature focuses on the presence of the London StockExchange and...

Much of the industrialized world is undergoing a significant demographic shift, placing strain on public pension systems. Policymakers are responding with pension system reforms that put more weight on privately managed retirement funds. One concern with these changes is the effect on individual...

Privatinvestoren sind eine wichtige Anlegergruppe auf den Finanzmärkten. In zahlreichen Arbeiten ist dokumentiert worden, daß private Anleger bestimmte Verhaltensweisen an den Tag legen, die die Annahme vollständiger Rationalität verletzen. Diese Verhaltensweisen wiederum können einen...