Restricted access to finance is often stated as one of the main obstaclesto the development of the SME sector in Russia. In this paper, wepropose a new lending strategy that allows private banks to profitablyincrease financing of this sector in spite of being at a disadvantagecompared to the...

In einem 1977 erschienenen Aufsatz haben Hayne Leland und David Pyle erstmals nachgewiesen, daß die Beteiligungsquote der Unternehmensleitung als Signal dienen kann, aus dem externe Kapitalgeber Rückschlüsse auf die Ertragsaussichten der Unternehmung ziehen können. Das recht anspruchsvolle...

During the last years the relationship between financial development and economic growth has received widespread attention in the literature on growth and development. This paper summarises in its first part the results of this research, stressing the growth-enhancing effects of an increased...

During the last years issues of strategic management accounting have received widespread attention in the accounting literature. Yet the conceptual foundation of most proposals is not clear. This paper presents a theoretical analysis of one of the most prominent approaches of strategic...

Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, in die ökonomische Analyse des Versicherungsbetrugs einzuführenund einige grundlegende Determinanten für vertragswidriges Verhalten von Versicherungsnehmern aufzuzeigen. Dazu werden zunächst die strategischen Entscheidungsprobleme von Versicherungsneh-mern und...

This article investigates the impacts of asymmetric information within a Lucas (1978) asset pricing economy. Asymmetry enters via the assumption that one group of agents is equipped with superior information about the dividend process.(...)

This paper shows how this becomes an informational first-mover advantage that turns innovators into the market leader.

Der Prozeß des Leistungsaustauschs zwischen Anbietern und Nachfragern im elektronischen Handel läßt sich in einzelne Phasen untergliedern.

Information asymmetries make it difficult for banks to assess accurately whetherspecific entrepreneurs are able and/or willing to repay their loans. This leads toimplicit interest rate ceilings, i.e. banks “refuse” to increase their interest ratesbeyond this ceiling as this would lower their...

This paper examines ¯nite parimutuel betting games with asymmetric information, with par-ticular attention to di®erences between sequential and simultaneous settings, and betweenfully rational and myopic (\price taking") behavior. In the simultaneous parimutuel market,all (symmetric and...