Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Rolle der unternehmerischen Mitbestimmung während der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise 2008/2009, indem sie Unternehmensperformance und -entscheidungen analysiert. Insgesamt zeigt sich die Unternehmensperformance mitbestimmter Unternehmen nicht nur während der...

Over the last decades a large strand of finance and growth literature has provided ample evidence on the importance of financial deepening for economic development. Yet, recently, the focus of public debate has shifted towards the role of the financial system structure, an area in which...

While previous work suggests two competing explanations for the effect of labor market regulation on firms' demand for debt, our results reconcile both the “strategic use of debt” and “financial flexibility” view. Exploiting staggered changes to labor laws in 28 OECD countries, we find...

While previous work suggests two competing explanations for the effect of labor market regulation on firms' demand for debt, our results reconcile both the “strategic use of debt” and “financial flexibility” view. Exploiting staggered changes to labor laws in 28 OECD countries, we find...

While the majority of empirical work examines growth effects of financial sector “size”, we provide evidence for the role of financial sector “structure”. Focusing on stock markets, we study OECD countries over the 1994-2013 period and find that relatively larger stock markets facilitate...

Corporate research and development (R&D) may contribute to the development of emerging market countries. However, corporate R&D activities are inherently risky and difficult to monitor, and ownership of emerging market firms is generally relatively concentrated and shareholder protection...

We examine a large sample of some 100 economies worldwide to study the impact of financial sector size expansion on labour market performance. Estimating dynamic panel data models inspired by the well-developed finance-growth literature, we find that on average a larger financial sector is...

We empirically study the use of value-based management systems in listed German firms and examine implications for firms' stock market performance. Using a novel, hand-collected data set covering 1,083 firm years from 2002 to 2008, we find that value-based management systems become increasingly...

While in the US stock-based incentives are commonly used since the 50s of the last century, in Germany they were invented only some ten years ago. Even in 1996 firms faced considerable regulatory difficulties when willing to grant such incentives. In the meantime the legal environment has...