Das Ziel des Projektes ist die Bedeutung von Investmentfonds sowohl für den repräsentativen Privatanleger sowie gesondert für einzelne Anlegerklassen zu ermitteln. Die Bedeutung wird anhand des Fondsvermögens gemessen, das sowohl direkt als auch indirekt in Fonds angelegt wird, insbesondere...

The dissertation elaborates on topics that are related to (i) intergenerational transfers of wealth and to (ii) how government ideology and elections influence outcomes (income inequality and budget consolidation) and political processes (fiscal planning and policy advice). The dissertation...

Die Studie untersucht die Höhe des Vermögens und der Ersparnis im Vergleich der großen westdeutschen Bundesländer mit einem Schwerpunkt auf Baden-Württemberg.

This study identifies five distinctive stages of the current global financial crisis: the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market, spillovers into broader credit market, the liquidity crisis epitomized by the fallout of Northern Rock, Bear Stearns with contagion effects on other financial...

Economic growth and a rising stock market in the 1990s gave the impression that everyone was accumulating wealth and asset poverty rates were declining. The impression was supported by the official, income-based poverty measure, which exhibited a sharp decline. According to Senior Scholar Edward...

Why do the children of wealthy parents accumulate more wealth than children from poorer backgrounds? Does parental wealth have a role in determining young people's earnings, saving choices, returns to wealth and access to homeownership? How much wealth do parents give directly to their children?...