German savers are renowned for preferring safe, long-term investments, thus providing patient capital, with bank deposits playing an important role. Using a comprehensive data set for the German banking sector, we examine whether German depositors are really that patient, abstaining from any...

Utilizing the microdata from a first cross-section of a new household survey at the University of Hamburg, we analyze if consumers respond to their own inflation expectations and economic news that they have observed recently when they plan to adjust their savings portfolio in the next year. We...

German savers are renowned for preferring safe, long-term investments, thus providing patient capital, with bank deposits playing an important role. Using a unique data set provided by the Deutsche Bundesbank for German banks, we examine whether German depositors are really that patient,...

Ein Mindestmaß an Finanzkompetenz ist Voraussetzung für eine nachhaltige Nutzung von Finanzdienstleistungen, gesellschaftlichen Teilhabe und gelungene Integration. Die vorliegende Pilotstudie untersucht qualitativ, welche finanziellen Kompetenzen und Praktiken auf Seiten Geflüchteter...

German savers are renowned for preferring safe, long-term investments, thus providing patient capital, with bank deposits playing an important role. Using a unique data set provided by the Deutsche Bundesbank for German banks, we examine whether German depositors are really that patient,...

Der Überschuldungsreport erscheint regelmäßig seit 2007 und analysiert Struktur und Entwicklung der Überschuldung in Deutschland. Im Fokus stehen dabei auch dieses Jahr wieder die hauptsächlichen Auslöser einer Überschuldungssituation und deren Auswirkungen. Grundlage des Reports sind...

This paper aims at evaluating individual expectation accuracy of professional forecasters for 57 U.S., European, and German macroeconomic indicators over the period 1999-2010. The empirical analysis shows that initial announcements are partly considerably revised, and that some revisions occur...