The work, which is published in the Journal of Development Economics, shows that if financial regulation is ineffective depositors may prefer to place their…
The impact of the ongoing economic crisis on the microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials industries is expected to be less noticeable in 2010…
Less obvious is the importance of director incentives in mutual funds or the extent to which effective corporate governance is related to mutual fund…
With this transaction, KfW has responded nimbly to both the current yield environment and strong investor demand for top-quality longer-dated assets in an…
ETF name: ComStage ETF iBoxx € Liquid Sovereigns Diversified 3m-1 TR Asset class: bond index ETFISIN: LU0444605728Management fee: 0.12 percentDistribution…
Rosen is chair of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. The FCIC is a…
Karstadt, Quelle & Co.: the balancing act between the necessary flexibility and long-term stability all too often turns into a walk on eggshells for the…
The Consumer Debt Stress Index was up less than two percent in December, to 119.8 from its November value of 118.0.“Given the increased holiday spending by…
The Euro Benchmark Bond I/2010 matures on 20 January 2020, pays a coupon of 3.625% p.a. and carries a re-offer price of 99.934 (with a 3.633% yield). This…
In recent years, high-profile product recalls have underscored a growing problem for U.S. manufacturers with global supply chains. The results can be lethal…
To fulfil its promotional mandate, KfW Bankengruppe raised nearly EUR 74 billion in the international capital markets in 2009, just as it had announced. The…
'The Value of Volunteering' – which features contributions from academics, representatives from the UK government, third sector organisations and volunteers…
In a recent thesis from the University of Gothenburg, researcher Pelle Ahlerup demonstrates that there is reason to believe that interpersonal trust is more…
“When shopping in a grocery store, the chaotic, information-rich environment can tax a shopper's ability to mentally calculate the total basket price,” says…
KfW IPEX-Bank will now also be able to offer long-term financing for small export transactions. For this purpose it will be using an instrument of Northstar…
Even international companies are embedded in their regional context; this is one of the main messages of the CURE project. They depend on regional workforces,…