edited by Jan Pieter Krahnen and Reinhard H. Schmidt.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxi, 527 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The purpose and structure of the book / Jan Pieter Krahnen, Reinhard H. Schmidt -- What constitutes a financial system in general and the German financial system in particular? / Reinhard H. Schmidt, Marcel Tyrell -- German banks and banking structure / Andreas Hackethal -- Institutional investors in Germany : insurance companies and investment funds / Raimond Maurer -- Organized equity markets / Erik Theissen -- Monetary policy transmission and the financial system in Germany / Andreas Worms -- Universal banks and relationships with firms / Ralf Elsas, Jan Pieter Krahnen -- Initial public offerings and venture capital in Germany / Stefanie Franzke, Stefanie Grohs, Christian Laux -- Mergers and acquisitions in Germany : social setting and regulatory framework / Frank A. Schmid, Mark Wahrenburg -- Regulation and competition in German banking : an assessment / Karl-Hermann Fischer, Christian Pfeil -- Corporate governance : legal aspects / Oliver Rieckers, Gerald Spindler -- Corporate governance in Germany : an economic perspective / Reinhard H. Schmidt -- Investor protection and capital market regulation in Germany / Eric Nowak -- The role of accounting in the German financial system / Christian Leuz, Jens Wüstemann -- Taking stock and looking ahead : the German financial system at the crossroads? / Jan Pieter Krahnen, Reinhard H. Schmidt.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book is both a reference book on Germany's financial system and a contribution to the economic debate about its status at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Providing a comprehensive account of the many facets of the system, it covers corporate governance, relationship lending, stock market development, investor protection, the venture capital industry, and the accounting system, and reports on monetary transmission and the credit channel, regulation and banking competition, the insurance and investment industry, and mergers and acquisitions. Special chapters at the beginning and end of the book adopt the financial-system perspective, analysing the mutual fit of different features of the German financial system, and each of the fifteen chapters addresses particular myths that surround it." "This book is invaluable for those who want to understand the German economy and its financial system, promising not only a compilation of facts and statistics on Germany's financial markets and institutions, but also an analysis of its current structure and the determinants of its future development."--Jacket.