This project analyzes the determinants of European banks’ risk behavior, with particular attention on the financial crisis. Special emphasis is placed on retail banks (savings banks and cooperative banks), who…
The aim of this study is to assess the contributions of investment banking to productivity and growth of the German economy. To this end we will analyse both the economic benefits and the risks stemming from…
The goal of this project is to analyse the relationship between offshoring and labour income risk. The project thereby sheds light on an aspect which has so far received little attention in the literature but…
Main objective of the study is to detect the causes of imbalances on residential property and housing finance markets in order to define policy instruments that help preventing the emergence of market…
The project analyses the development of demand and supply on the housing market in the Germany federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Special attention in the coming issue will be paid to the housing market for…
Recent macroeconomic literature emphasises the importance of expected future technology improvements (the so-called news shocks) for the macroeconomic dynamics. The impact of these shocks has rarely been…
In recent years, the range of investment products offered by the finance industry has grown immensely. Traditional products such as bank deposits, equity and pension funds have been joined by new products, e.g.…
Currently available statistics on investment fund assets of German investors only incorporate direct investments. The aim of the study is to estimate indirect investments of retail investors such as…