Nirgendwo ist die Globalisierung so weit fortgeschritten wie im Finanzsektor. Internationale Finanz- und Währungskrisen sowie Konkurse international tätiger Banken rückten in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten zunehmend die Risiken "entfesselter" Finanzmärkte in den Vordergrund. In Wissenschaft...

The paper investigates the factors crucial in the locational decisions of multinational German banks in selected emerging markets of central and eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia between 1994 and 2001. Emphasis is placed on testing variables of macroeconomic and financial sector risk along...

In this paper an index of financial competitiveness is calculated that corresponds to the market-to-book ratio of inward FDI stocks. For a panel of five advanced economies from 1980 to 2006 it is shown that price competitiveness, stable inflation rates and registered patents have a positive...