Purpose - The objectives of this study are twofold. First, it intends to investigate the symmetric link between initial public offering (IPO) variability and the determinants of the stock market index, treasury bill rate, inflation, GDP growth rate and foreign direct investment. Second, this...

Inhalt:Direktinvestitionen in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Grundlagen Theorien zur Erklärung von Direktinvestitionen im Ausland Event Studies - Einführung in die theoretischen Hintergründe Empirische Arbeit Abschließende Wertung - Probleme und Kritik Seit dem Beginn der Systemtransformation...

This paper provides empirical evidence on the determinants of foreign activities of German banks. We use regionally disaggregated panel data for the years 1981-98 and distinguish foreign direct investment from total foreign assets of domestic banks, of their foreign branches and their...