The issue of capital structure of companies is one of the most debated problems of financial management. According to economic theory, capital structure determines the stock market value of firms and therefore their viability, while one of the most negative result of the crash of 2008 and the...

Tax planners often choose debt over equity financing. As this has led to increased corporate debt financing, many countries have introduced thin capitalization rules to secure their tax revenues. In a general capital structure model we analyze if thin capitalization rules affect dividend and...

The paper discusses the impact of the financial crisis on macroeconomics and on research into financial markets. The cornerstones of the economic mainstream were made obsolete by actual developments in recent years, and there are now signs that a fundamental paradigm shift is possible. After the...

Neoclassical economics assumes that provision for the future is simply a matter of the will to save enough of one's current income. However, saving requires the availability of a secure instrument. Historically, the availability of such instruments has always been a problem. The social security...

We explore how disclosure requirements that regulate the release of new information may affect the dynamics of financial markets. Our analysis is based on three agent-based financial market models that are able to produce realistic financial market dynamics. We discover that the average...

Von der Anfälligkeit für die Zeitumstände ist auch das Gebiet der Kapitalmarkttheorien nicht verschont. Welche Finanzmarktmoden sind in der jüngeren Vergangenheit auszumachen? Welche Probleme sind mit ihnen verbunden?

Corporate financial economic programs are almost universally featured in economics and management degrees and, therefore, are an essential component of the culture-building process for current and future economists and managers. Nevertheless, these programs are not restricted to financial...

Seit Mitte der achtziger Jahre haben sich die Finanzierungsstrukturen im Unternehmenssektor in Deutschland spürbar verändert. Dabei gab es deutliche Unterschiede zwischen kleinen, mittleren und großen Unternehmen. Wie sind diese Veränderungen zu bewerten? Ergeben sich daraus...