Banks, Finance and Investment in Germany
No CoverA critical analysis of the bank-based German investment finance system, challenging its perceived merits with post-war evidence.
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A critical analysis of the bank-based German investment finance system, challenging its perceived merits with post-war evidence.
This book analyses the widely-held view of the merits of the 'bank-based' German system of finance for investment, and shows that this view is not supported by evidence from the post-war period. The institutional features of the German system are such that universal banks have control of voting rights at shareholders' meetings due to proxy votes, and they also have representation on companies' supervisory boards. These features are claimed to have two main benefits. One is that the German system...
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