Im Rahmen der Behavioral Corporate Finance als einem Teilgebiet der Behavioral Financewerden die Konsequenzen aus beschränkter Kapitalgeberrationalität für optimale unter-nehmerische Finanzierungsentscheidungen geprüft. Beschränkte Kapitalgeberrationalitätim Sinne von systematischen...

The pace of innovation in financial instruments has been enormous over the last two dec-ades, but only a few of them have survived. Several papers deal with the valuation of existing financialproducts. In contrast, our approach tries to explain the use of certain financial innovations by...

As in Breuer/Hartmann/Kleefisch (2003) this approach tries to explain the use of certainfinancial innovations by their fulfillment of different corporate financing functions. In contrast, wedissect equity instead of debt innovations. First, we identify numerous basic components of...

The newly established German insolvency law has become effective since January 1st,1999. At first, we outline the objectives followed up by the legislator with this insolvency law reform,the general measures taken to these ends, and the degree of practical goal achievement which has beenrealized...