Die Studie setzt sich zum Ziel, empirisch fundierte Aussagen zum Anforderungsprofil (Soll) von Finanzdienstleistungen und zur Qualitätseinschätzung bzw. Zufriedenheit (Ist) von Bankkunden zu treffen. Anhand von 30 Einzelkriterien werden fünf Anforderungs- und Qualitätsdimensionen definiert,...

We generalize the score test for time-varying copula parameters proposed by [Abegaz & Naik-Nimbalkar, 2008] to a setting where more than one-parametric copulas can be tested for time variation in at least one parameter. In a next step we model the daily log returns of the Commerzbank stock using...

Eine globale, nachhaltige Entwicklung erfordert eine aktive Beteiligung der inter-national wie lokal agierenden Wirtschaftsakteure. Finanzdienstleister haben einenbedeutenden Einfluss auf Unternehmen und Märkte und nehmen daher eine ent-scheidende Rolle ein. Es stellt sich die zentrale Frage,...

Information economics has emerged as the primary theoretical lens for framing financing decisions in firm R&D investment. Successful outcomes of R&D projects are either ex-ante impossible to predict or the information is asymmetrically distributed between inventors and investors. As a result,...

Information economics has emerged as the primary theoretical lens for framing financing decisions in firm R&D investment. Successful outcomes of R&D projects are either ex-ante impossible to predict or the information is asymmetrically distributed between inventors and investors. As a result,...

The German banking market is notorious for its low degree of market penetration by foreign financial institutions, suggesting that markets serviced by domestic and foreign banks are segmented. This paper employs a number of tests to determine whether activities of domestic and foreign banks are...

Based on a quarterly regulatory dataset for German banks from 1999 to 2004, this paper analyzes the effects of banks' regulatory capital on the transmission of monetary policy in a system of liquidity networks. The dynamic panel regression results provide evidence in favor of the bank capital...

The paper briefly sketches alternative models of dealing with principal-agent problems and compares major characteristics of bank-oriented versus marketoriented systems of corporate governance. The ownership structure in Germany is contrasted with evidence for other industrial countries. This...

Die internationale Finanzkrise dauert nun schon ein Jahr. Ihre Folgen für die Weltwirtschaft sind in ihrem ganzen Ausmaß noch nicht abzusehen. Was unterscheidet diese Krise von den vorangegangenen? Hat sich die internationale Arbeitsteilung auf dem Finanzmarkt bewährt? Sind die...