Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-009 // 2008

    Transparency of Regulation and Cross-Border Bank Mergers

    Although there is anecdotal evidence that merger control may constitute a barrier to the integration of European retail banking markets, systematic empirical evidence is missing until now. This paper aims to…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-007 // 2008

    A Comparative Study on the Role of Stochastic Trends in U.S. Macroeconomic Fluctuations, 1954-1988

    The paper attempts to provide an appropriate model specification for identifying technology and other macroeconomic shocks in a structural VAR framework. The investigation is conducted based on two seminal…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-003 // 2008

    Hybridkapital. Eine Marktübersicht

    Hybridkapital ist eine innovative Form der Unternehmensfinanzierung. Hybride Finanzinstrumente weisen Eigenschaften von sowohl Fremd- als auch Eigenkapital auf und stellen deswegen ein sehr flexibles…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2007

    Exit Strategies of Buyout Investments - An Empirical Analysis

    We analyze the three main exit routes for exiting buyout investments, initial public offerings (IPO), sales and write-offs on, using a unique data set for US and European buyout transactions for the 1990 to 2005…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)