In this paper the authors recall the history of Jubilee debt cancellations, emphasizing what their social purpose was at that time. They note that it would not be possible to copy that procedure exactly nowadays, primarily because most debt/credit relationships are intermediated via financial...

In this paper the authors recall the history of Jubilee debt cancellations, emphasizing what their social purpose was at that time. They note that it would not be possible to copy that procedure exactly nowadays, primarily because most debt/credit relationships are intermediated via financial...

Die vorliegende Dissertation besteht aus vier empirischen Abhandlungen zur Wertschöpfung im Bereich Private Equity (im folgenden PE). Wertschöpfung steht im Zentrum des PE-Geschäftsmodells, da sich wertsteigernde Mechanismen positiv auf die Eigenkapitalrendite der Investoren auswirken. Die...

We examine the competitive effects of a passive partial ownership (PPO) when it serves as an instrument for the acquirer firm to learn the merger synergies with the target firm in advance. The realization of a synergy is uncertain ex ante, so that a direct merger exhibits a downside risk not...

Entry deterrence can occur when downstream incumbents hold non-controlling ownership shares of a supplier which is commited to charge uniform prices to all downstream firms. The ownership shares imply a rebate on the input price for the incumbents through the profit participation. Such backward...

Competition authorities have a growing interest in assessing the effects of partial ownership arrangements. We show that the effects of such agreements on competition and welfare depend on the intensity of competition in the market and on the firms' governance structure. When assessing the...

Competition authorities have a growing interest in assessing the effects of partial ownership arrangements. We show that the effects of such agreements on competition and welfare depend on the intensity of competition in the market and on the firms' governance structure. When assessing the...

Die finanzielle Beteiligung der Mitarbeiter am Arbeit gebenden Unternehmen ist in den letzten 30 Jahren in Europa zu einem wichtigen politischen Thema geworden. Jedoch nutzen in Deutschland sowohl Unternehmen als auch Arbeitnehmer insbesondere die Mitarbeiterkapitalbeteiligung im europäischen...

"China's outward foreign direct investment, for which Australia is one of the largest destinations, has rapidly increased and become an important source of global capital. Nevertheless, Chinese investors have encountered many challenges in making their investment decisions and managing their...

We analyze horizontal mergers when the acquirer holds a passive partial ownership stake (PPO) in the target firm prior to the merger. We show that a PPO reduces the minimal synergy level necessary to make a merger beneficial for consumers. It follows that an antitrust authority ignoring existing...

Die vorliegende Studie knüpft an eine Untersuchung des Thünen-Instituts aus dem Jahr 2011 zu Aktivitäten nichtlandwirtschaftlicher und überregional aktiver Investoren auf dem landwirtschaftlichen Bodenmarkt an. Diese hatte Flächenkäufe und den Erwerb ganzer Unter-nehmen zum Gegenstand,...

CESEE banks are reducing foreign funding sources in response to reduced external imbalances, reduced ability to tap international savings, banking group own strategies, initiatives by some regulators, and consistently with uncertainties surrounding the future of the banking union project. In the...