This paper analyses the performance of real estate securities and their relationship to other asset classes as well as to consumer price inflation in an international comparison over the period from 1990 to 2004. The analysis focuses on the long run relationships, applying three different...

There are noticeable differences between the roles that various forms of credit financing play in family businesses and in other businesses. Family businesses take out more often bank loans specifically to finance investments and innovations, and they particularly often resort to the short-term...

Abstract: In einer umfassenden Studie zum Sektor der Familienunternehmen im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie hat das Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) Mannheim rund 3,086 Millionen eigentümergeführte Unternehmen ermittelt. Sie umfassen rund 93...