The introduction of a common currency as well as the harmonization of rules and regulations in Europe has significantly reduced distance in all its guises. With shrunken costs of overcoming space, this emphasizes centripetal forces and it should foster consolidation of financial activity. In a...

Main description: Mit der vorliegenden Gedächtnisschrift ehren Freunde, Weggefährten und Schüler Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Ketterer, der bis 2003 im Verbund des Instituts für Wirtschaftspolitik und Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität Karlsruhe tätig war. Der Band fasst seine...

The introduction of a common currency as well as the harmonization of rules and regulations in Europe has significantly reduced distance in all its guises. With shrunken costs of overcoming space, this emphasizes centripetal forces and it should foster consolidation of financial activity. In a...

Mit der Einführung der Europäischen Währungsunion (EWU) sind die europäischen Nationen in einem beispiellosen wirtschaftspolitischen Projekt engagiert, das keine Ausstiegsoption kennt. Die fortschreitende europäische Einigung folgt dabei primär politischen Motiven, die weitgehend...

The paper provides an overview and an economic analysis of the development of the corporate governance of German banks since the 1950s, highlighting peculiarities - as seen from the meanwhile prevailing standard model perspective - of the German case. These peculiarities refer to the specific...