This book is both a reference book on Germany's financial system and a contribution to the economic debate about its status at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In giving a comprehensive account of the many facets of the system, it covers corporate governance, relationship lending,...

Die inhaltlichen Schwerpunkte der Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Manfred Steiner liegen in den Bereichen Finanzielle Unternehmensführung und Shareholder Value, Unternehmensbewertung sowie Kreditwürdigkeitsprüfung und Rating. Darüber hinaus sind Beiträge zu Finanzinnovationen, zum...

Given the marked reduction in the number of banks in Germany during recent years, the study estimates competitive behavior in the German banking system by applying an empirical method developed by Panzar and Rosse (1987). By estimating the banks' reduced form revenue functions, the sums of their...