Die globale Finanzmarktkrise 2007-2009 hat gezeigt, wie stark ganze Volkswirtschaften von der Stabilität eines reibungslos funktionierenden Finanzsystems abhängen. Problematisch ist beispielsweise die Systemrelevanz einzelner Akteure, da diese im Notfall mit öffentlichen Mitteln gerettet...

The introduction of the euro marks a milestone in the process of European financial market integration. This paper analyzes the implications of the euro for cross-border banking activities. A portfolio model is used which captures the role of banks as providers of informational and of...

We use project-level information for the largest regional economic development program in German history to study how government subsidies to firms affect credit markets. We identify credit market responses by considering both, bank lending and firm borrowing during 1998-2019. We find that...