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Greek economy needs growth strategy

Author(s) : Brenke, Brenke
Description : Greece has been living beyond its means for a long time now and has accumulated foreign debt. The high level of national debt is merely a reflection of the problems; the actual cause is insufficient economic power. The top-priority political objective is to strengthen the substance of the economy-in...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Passed over for promotions: Women still severely underrepresented on financial sector boards

Description : Opportunities to increase the proportion of female board members in Germany's financial sector were missed during post-crisis period of management shakeups. As of 2011, the proportion of women on executive boards was still as low as in previous years: 3.2 percent in Germany's 100 largest banks and s...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Add-on premiums increase price transparency: More policy holders switch health plans

Description : The German health care reform implemented in 2009 led to a considerable increase in price transparency within the statutory health insurance (SHI) (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung, GKV) system and also made it more consumer-friendly which, in turn, has encouraged policy holders to react to price hik...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Germany's construction industry: Strong growth followed by stagnation

Description : 2011 was one of the construction industry's strongest years of growth since German reunification. For the year as a whole, a nominal increase in construction volume of almost eight percent is expected. The price increase is forecast at over 2.5 percent. Real construction volume in 2011 will be over ...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Dynamic speculative behaviors and mortgage bubbles in the real estate market of mainland China

Author(s) : Wang, Sheng
Description : It is systemic to expound how that the speculative behaviors are driven by the number of a series housing policies promulgated by China's government for the real estate market. The market is resulted in full of speculative behaviors, and has been booming since the beginning of this decade, even thou...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Have bull and bear markets changed over time? Empirical evidence from the US-stock market

Author(s) : Grobys, Klaus
Description : This contribution analyzes bull and bear markets from 1954:1-2011:2 in the US-stock index S&P 500. Thereby, a 2-State-Markov-Switching model is applied to figure out bull and bear market regimes within the latter period, whereby the estimated state probabilities are used to estimate a dummy variable...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Post-modern portfolio theory supports diversification in an investment portfolio to measure investment's performance

Author(s) : Rasiah, Devinaga
Description : This study looks at the Post-Modern Portfolio Theory that maintains greater diversification in an investment portfolio by using the alpha and the beta coefficient to measure investment performance. Post-Modern Portfolio Theory appreciates that investment risk should be tied to each investor's goals ...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

Does the use of outsiders' fund enhance shareholders' wealth? Evidence from Nigeria

Description : This paper is an attempt to extend the analysis of the links between the firm's financial structure and the objectives of the firm in maximizing shareholders' wealth. In theory, the financial goal of the firm should be shareholders' wealth maximization as reflected in the book value and the market v...
Repository : EconStor
Language(s) : English

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