Misallocation of capital as a result of asymmetric distribution of information on credit markets
Ulrike Neyer
Schriften des IWH,
No. 7,
2000
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Industry sketch: East German electrical industry
Siegfried Beer
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 3,
2000
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Die elektronische Industrie gehört zu den Industriebranchen in Ostdeutschland mit dem stärksten Produktionswachstum. Dazu haben die verbesserte Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Unternehmen, die Ansiedlung großer Konzerne und die kräftig gestiegene Nachfrage nach elektronischen Bauelementen und Erzeugnissen der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik beigetragen. Rund 40 % des Umsatzzuwachses von 1995 bis 1998 wurden aus Exporten erlöst.
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Relationship Lending within a Bank-Based System: Evidence from European Small Business Data
Hans Degryse, Patrick Van Cayseele
Journal of Financial Intermediation,
No. 1,
2000
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We investigate relationship lending using detailed contract information from nearly 18,000 bank loans to small Belgian firms operating within the continental European bank-based system. Specifically, we investigate the impact of different measures of relationship strength on price and nonprice terms of the loan contract. We test for the possibility of rent shifting by banks. The evidence shows two opposing effects. On the one hand, the loan rate increases with the duration of a bank–firm relationship. On the other hand, the scope of a relationship, defined as the purchase of other information-sensitive products from a bank, decreases the loan's interest rate substantially. Relationship duration and scope thus have opposite effects on loan rates, with the latter being more important. We also find that the collateral requirement is decreasing in the duration of the relationship and increasing in its scope.
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The Total Cost of Trading Belgian Shares: Brussels versus London
Hans Degryse
Journal of Banking and Finance,
No. 9,
1999
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Since 1990, London’s SEAQ International (SEAQ-I) has attracted considerable trading volume in Belgian equities. This paper investigates competition between the Brussels CATS market and London’s SEAQ-I. Toward this end, we gathered extensive limit order book data as well as transactions and quotation information. With regard to liquidity (indirect costs), measured by the quoted and effective bid–ask spread, the paper concludes that CATS outperforms SEAQ International for both measures. The effective spread is of course substantially smaller than the quoted spread, with the CATS effective spread showing a U-shaped form. This paper, unique in employing an extensive data set that includes all hidden orders and the whole limit order book, produces results in line with the different market microstructure models. Total trading costs on CATS are lower (higher) for small (large) trade sizes.
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Labor Market Analysis and Public Policy: The Case of Morocco
Guillermo Hakim, Julia Lane, Javier Miranda
World Bank Economic Review,
No. 3,
1999
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This article uses detailed industry and household data to understand why Morocco's labor market performed poorly in 1985–95. The data indicate that marked structural changes and weak demand in the product market were responsible. This article makes two contributions to the literature. The first is specific: it underscores that the demand for labor is a derived demand and that the performance of the product market is an important determinant of the performance of the labor market. The second is more general: it demonstrates that this kind of microeconomic analysis, using data sets that are often available in developing countries, can inform policy design.
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The Two Germanies: Information Technology and Economic Divergence, 1949-1989
Ulrich Blum, Leonard Dudley
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE,
1999
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Information, neue Technologien und ökonomische Effizienz
Ulrich Blum, E. Greipl, H. Hereth, S. Müller
Erweiterung der Markträume,
1997
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