In this paper, we investigate the claim that German banks are special compared to banks in other industrialised economies. We show that banks are of particular importance to the German economy?as financial intermediary, as lender to the corporate sector, and as part of the corporate governance...

...Angesichts der Tatsache, dass die beiden "Autonationen" älter werden,liegt es auf der Hand zu untersuchen, vor welche Herausforderungen dieAlterung der Bevölkerung die Automobilindustrie stellt.