Our research group, Growth and Business Cycles, aims specifically to analyse and forecast short and long term macroeconomic variables. This particular emphasis makes the standard instruments of econometric…
Does it pay for a firm to be green or “responsible” in other ways? And what are the effects of environmental or social policy on the economic success of companies? These questions are central for our understanding…
Expectations play a fundamental role in economic theory. Survey based expectations carry economically important and timely information on the current and future development of economy. The main aim of…
The main task of this project is to analyze ways of retailisation of investment funds not regulated by the UCITS derivative. The study concentrates on two European markets: Poland and Germany.
The aim of the project is a comprehensive analysis of the price formation process of exchange-traded European emission allowances (EUAs). The primary goal is to determine the influence of publicly and privately…
The project aims to provide a better understanding of the impact of venture capital and private equity financing on the economic performance of innovative entrepreneurial ventures in Europe, as …
Buy-and-build strategies (leveraged build-up, strategic roll-up) are part of the active portfolio management of private equity companies. Thereby the financial investors frequently focus on a certain fragmented…
For the well-functioning of a common currency, convergence of business cycles in participating is of considerable importance. In the absence of convergence, monetary policy will not satisfy the needs of all,…
The aim of the project is to assess the competitiveness of Germany as an international financial centre compared to main European competitors (Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, UK). In the first part of the…