Zusammenfassung Mit dem Konjunkturtest, dem Innovationstest und dem Investitionstest des ifo Instituts liegt ein umfangreicher Datensatz der Unternehmen des verarbeitenden Gewerbes in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland vor, der es erlaubt, detaillierte Untersuchungen des Unternehmensverhaltens...

The yield levels and yield movements of Eurodollar rates are compared to yield level and yield movements of securities. Contrary to the previous studies, we could find no consistent and meaningful lead–lag relationship between U.S rates and Eurodollar rates. Additionally, we found that...

Portfolio selection models have been applied principally to common stocks traded in the United States and in foreign stock markets. This study examines the efficient set of portfolios selected from a choice set that includes returns derived from domestic and international corporate bond and...

Previous studies have analyzed the comovement of international stock returns during periods of fixed exchange rates[11,15]. Results of these studies have indicated an increasing correlation between U.S stocks and foreign stock returns. This paper explores the weekly comovement of international...

As exports become an increasing part of industry sales, the determinants of a firm's international position become increasingly important. Tests have supported single factors, such as, product life cycle [Lutz and Green 1983] as well as multi-factor models, to explain the determinants of...