More than half of the assets in China's banking system are accounted for by four huge state-owned commercial banks. This paper examines the changing factors influencing these banks' lending behavior over the post-1994 period on a province-by-province basis. Determinants include the concentration...

This paper examines relative stock market performance following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic for a sample of 80 stock markets. Weekly data on coronavirus cases and deaths are employed alongside Oxford indices on each nation's stringency and government support intensity. The results are...

Die Geldpolitik der Schweiz: die Unabhängigkeit der Zentralbank und ihre Stabilisierungsziele Von allen Zentralbanken der Welt erfreut sich die Schweizerische Nationalbank (SNB) wohl der größten Autonomie. Im Rahmen der OECD-Länder lag die Schweiz während der Periode 1960 – 83 in bezug...