Besteht in Deutschland eine Kreditklemme bzw. ein Credit Crunch? Um das Ausmaß dieses Problems für die deutsche Wirtschaft zu untersuchen, hat das ifo Ins-titut im Rahmen seiner monatlichen Konjunkturtestumfrage im Juni und August dieses Jahres die Teilnehmer nach der Bereitschaft der Banken,...

The accuracy of turning point predictions with leading indicators, like the Ifo Business Climate, depends in particular on the length and the stability of their leads against a reference cycle. Since there is no leading indicator with a one-to-one relationship to the reference cycle, it is...

Nachdem das ifo Institut bereits im Juni und August letzten Jahres die Teilnehmer des Konjunkturtests zur Bereitschaft der Banken, Kredite zu vergeben, befragt hatte, wurde diese Sonderfrage erneut im März diesen Jahres gestellt. Wie die neuen Umfrageergebnisse zeigen, scheinen die Banken bei...

This paper analyzes the determinants of the interest margin of German banks over the period 1995–2007, explicitly addressing differences among different bank groups. We use three empirical models to focus on the following aspects: the time evolution of the interest margin, the average...

The Italian and German banking systems shared similar characteristics early in the 1990s but have evolved in different directions since then: Italy privatized its publicly-owned banks while Germany has maintained a large share of state-owned savings banks. Contemporaneously, banks in both...

Total factor productivity (TFP) growth allows for additional health care services under restricted resources. We examine whether hospital policy can stimulate hospital TFP growth. We exploit variation across German federal states in the period 1993 to 2013. State governments decide on hospital...

This paper analyzes the determinants of the interest margin of German banks over the period 1995–2007, explicitly addressing differences among different bank groups. We use three empirical models to focus on the following aspects: the time evolution of the interest margin, the average...

The Italian and German banking systems shared similar characteristics early in the 1990s but have evolved in different directions since then: Italy privatized its publicly-owned banks while Germany has maintained a large share of state-owned savings banks. Contemporaneously, banks in both...