Using a hand-collected sample of contracts and investment proposals from German venturecapital financing relationships, we analyze specific incentive conflicts. We apply indirect anddirect measures of these problems and extend the “direct” approach by Kaplan and Strömberg(2004) to a four-...

Our main goal is the generalization of the approach of Jobson and Korkie(1984) forfunds performance evaluation. Therefore, we consider the portfolio selection problem of aninvestor who faces short sales restrictions when choosing among F different investment fundsand assume the investor's...

Beschränkte Rationalitäten von Entscheidungsträgern werden im Rahmender Finanzierungstheorie zur Zeit vor allem im Hinblick auf die Erklärung von Preis-bildungsprozessen auf den Kapitalmärkten diskutiert. Weit seltener werden die Konsequenzenaus beschränkter Kapitalgeberrationalität für...

The pace of innovation in financial instruments has been enormous over the last two dec-ades, but only a few of them have survived. Several papers deal with the valuation of existing financialproducts. In contrast, our approach tries to explain the use of certain financial innovations by...

Mutuals are a special legal form of insurance companies. This paper deals withtheir specific advantages and disadvantages compared to insurance stock corporations andwith a theoretical foundation of the lasting coexistence of both legal forms. The discussionleads to the empirically confirmed...

As in Breuer/Hartmann/Kleefisch (2003) this approach tries to explain the use of certainfinancial innovations by their fulfillment of different corporate financing functions. In contrast, wedissect equity instead of debt innovations. First, we identify numerous basic components of...

Paradoxerweise kann sich die über das Jensen-Maß quantifizierte Performanceeines Investmentfonds verschlechtern, wenn der jeweilige Fondsmanager zusätzliche In-formationen erhält, auch wenn er diese im Interesse der Investoren zu nutzen gedenkt.Rechnerisch ist für dieses Phänomen eine...

The newly established German insolvency law has become effective since January 1st,1999. At first, we outline the objectives followed up by the legislator with this insolvency law reform,the general measures taken to these ends, and the degree of practical goal achievement which has beenrealized...

We consider how the introduction of financial innovations may affect the intensity of productmarket competition. When rival firms issue debt, their product market behavior is driven by strategic con-siderations that are different from the ones in the case of pure equity financing. In particular,...

Multinationale Unternehmen unterscheiden sich in vielen Aspekten grundlegendvon nationalen Unternehmen. Aus der simultanen Tätigkeit in verschiedenen Hoheitsgebieten mitunterschiedlichen Währungen, Wirtschafts- und Rechtordnungen resultieren charakteristische Kenn-zeichen multinationaler...