The report provides an analysis of the financial crisis of 2007/2008 and draws some conclusions about the need for regulatory reform. The analysis ascribes the crisis not only to problems in subprime mortgage lending and securitization, but also to excessive maturity transformation and...

The economic development of the European Union is hampered by insufficient private and public long-term investments. This weakness is seen as a rationale for state intervention, and numerous projects are discussed and implemented to find new ways to mobilize private capital for long-term...

In der vorliegenden Arbeit greift der Verfasser eine besonders herausgehobene und viel diskutierte Ausprägung der Bankregulierung auf, nämlich die Eigenkapitalnormen, und stellt diesen Aspekt in den weiteren Kontext politökonomischer Argumentation. -- Burghofs Erklärungsansätze für die...

Housing markets display several correlations to multiple economic sectors of an economy. Their enormous impact on economies’ health, wealth, and stability is uncontroversial. Interestingly, the forms of financing residential property vary widely between the different countries in terms of...