The impact of uncertainty on firms' investment outlays is subject to an ongoing debate. Theory identifies several channels. Irreversibility, financing constraints and risk aversion make a negative relationship between uncertainty and investment likely. On the other hand, the ability of firms to...

This article analyses value changes of German stock market companies in response to movements of the US dollar. The approach followed in this work extends the standard means of measuring exchange rate exposure in several ways (e.g. by using multi-factor modelling instead of augmented CAPM,...

Abstract: Verstöße gegen Vorschriften des Wettbewerbsrechts gehen regelmäßig mit einer Schädigung vor- oder nachgelagerter Wirtschaftsstufen einher. Die Urteile ‚Courage’ und ‚Manfredi’, intensive Bemühungen der EU-Kommission, die Rahmenbedingungen für die private Durchsetzung...

This volume was prepared by Jens Ruhose while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes four self-contained chapters that contribute to the understanding of the...