Der vorliegende Beitrag stellt einen Versuch dar, die Zukunft des Bankwesens in Europa unter der spezifischen Fragestellung zu analysieren, ob sich trotz der offensichtlichen und gravierenden Änderungen informations-technologischer, regulatorischer und politischer Art im Umfeld der Banken die...

In den 1980er und den frühen 1990er Jahren waren japanische Banken die weltweit größten Finanzinstitute und galten als Inbegriff „globaler“ Banken. Der Crash der japanischenWertpapier- und Immobilienmärkte Anfang der 1990er Jahre und die nachfolgende Rezessionwaren Anlass zu tiefgreifenden...

A widely recognized paper by Colin Mayer (1988) has led to a profound revision of academicthinking about financing patterns of corporations in different countries. Using flow-of-funds datainstead of balance sheet data, Mayer and others who followed his lead found that internalfinancing is the...

This paper provides a framework for the securities transaction industry inthe EU to understand the functions performed, the institutions involved andthe parameters concerned that shape market and ownership structure. Ofparticular interest are microeconomic incentives of the industry players...

Ziel dieser Präsentation ist es, eine Verbindung zwischen Verbriefung und Finanzmarkstabilität unter Berücksichtigung veränderter Finanzintermediation herzustellen. In der folgenden Abhandlung soll nun zunächst auf die Natur der Verbriefung per se eingegangen werden, um sodann anhand...

A financial system can only perform its function of channelling funds from savers toinvestors if it offers sufficient assurance to the providers of the funds that they will reapthe rewards which have been promised to them. To the extent that this assurance is notprovided by contracts alone,...

We examine the interplay of markets, ethics and law, and rising demand for ethical behavior in a market driven society coping with the promise and peril of rapid technological innovation.(...)

This paper considers the generic processes and linkages that comprise financial intermediation - the basic 'financial hydraulics' that ultimately drive efficiency and innovation in the financial system and its impact on real-sector resource allocation and economic growth.(...)

The paper addresses the financial reorganization and corporate restructuring required in the aftermath of an asset bubble. Although much has been written about macroeconomic policies monetary and fiscal measures to abate and respond to bubbles, too little attention hasbeen given to the...