This paper brings together two strands of the economic literature -- that on the finance-growth nexus and that on capital market integration -- and explores key issues surrounding each strand through both institutional/country histories and formal quantitative analysis. We begin with studies of...

This paper brings together two strands of the economic literature -- that on the finance-growth nexus and that on capital market integration -- and explores key issues surrounding each strand through both institutional/country histories and formal quantitative analysis. We begin with studies of...

Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung widmet sich wichtigen, allgemein interessierenden Phänomenen, die sie beschreibt, erklärt und wofür sie Zukunftsperspektiven bietet. Unter Einbezug wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse stellt sie Entscheidungsgrundlagen für Unternehmensplanung und politische...

This paper examines capital adequacy regulation in Germany. The first part reviews capital adequacy regulation from the 1930s up to the financial crisis and identifies two main trends: a gradual softening of the eligibility criteria for equity and increasing reliance on internal risk models....