Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book analyses the widely-held view of the merits of the 'bank-based' German system of finance for investment, and shows that this view is not supported by evidence from the post-war period. The institutional features of the German system are such that universal banks have control of voting rights at shareholders' meetings due to proxy votes, and they also have representation on companies' supervisory boards. These features are claimed to have two main benefits. One is that the German system reduces asymmetric information problems, enabling banks to supply more external finance to firms at a lower cost, and thus increasing investment. The other is that German banks are able to mould and control managements of firms on behalf of shareholders, and thus ensure that firms are run efficiently. This book assesses whether empirical evidence backs up these claims, and shows that the merits of the German system are largely myths.

Banks and banking --- Business enterprises --- Investments --- Finance. --- -Business enterprises --- -Investments --- -banques --- finances --- investissements --- allemagne --- DE / Germany - Duitsland - Allemagne --- 333.100 --- 333.101 --- 339.113 --- 338.040 --- -332.0943 --- Investing --- Investment management --- Portfolio --- Finance --- Disinvestment --- Loans --- Saving and investment --- Speculation --- Business organizations --- Businesses --- Companies --- Enterprises --- Firms --- Organizations, Business --- Business --- Agricultural banks --- Banking --- Banking industry --- Commercial banks --- Depository institutions --- Financial institutions --- Money --- banken --- financien --- investeringen --- duitsland --- Algemeenheden. Theorie en principes van de bankorganisatie en -techniek. --- Banksysteem en bankstelsel. --- Buitenlandse investeringen. --- Ondernemingen: algemeenheden. --- 332.0943 --- banques --- Algemeenheden. Theorie en principes van de bankorganisatie en -techniek --- Banksysteem en bankstelsel --- Ondernemingen: algemeenheden --- Buitenlandse investeringen --- Entreprises --- Investissements allemands --- Banques allemandes --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics --- Private finance --- Germany --- Banks and banking - Germany. --- Business enterprises - Germany - Finance. --- Investments - Germany.