Thema Finanzmärkte

Auf den Kapitalpuffer kommt es an

Der Beitrag erschien im Handelsblatt. An diesem Dienstag tritt für deutsche Banken eine neue Regulierung in Kraft - künftige Finanzkrisen wird sie nicht verhindern, warnt Lukas Menkhoff. Die Weltfinanzkrise hat 2008 09 viele vermeintliche Gewissheiten erschüttert und gezeigt, wie krisenanfällig der Finanzsektor ist. Um gerade Banken widerstandsfähiger gegen Schocks zu machen, wurde damals beschlossen, ...

Endlich handelt die BaFin beim antizyklischen Kapitalpuffer für Banken: Kommentar

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Mobile Money, Financial Inclusion, and Unmet Opportunities: Evidence from Uganda

Mobile money is an important instrument to improve the degree of financial inclusion, especially in developing countries. However, having a mobile money account does not imply that this account is actually used. In our sample, 86% of microentrepreneurs own a mobile money account, but only 49% actively use it – the resulting gap indicates unmet opportunities. We estimate that mobile money reaches up ...

The Effect of Personalized Feedback on Small Enterprises’ Finances in Uganda

This randomized controlled trial examines the effect of a new finance training style during which participants are given personalized feedback on their financial business outcomes in addition to a rule-of-thumb training approach. We compare this with the effects of a rule-of-thumb training by itself and a control group. Targeting about 500 small entrepreneurs in Uganda, we find that the personalized ...

Zeitenbruch in der Außenhandelspolitik?

Der russische Überfall auf die Ukraine wurde so nicht erwartet und hat entsprechend zu einer Neubewertung der Sicherheitslage geführt. Die entsprechenden Maßnahmen sind so einschneidend, dass der 24. 2.2022 häufig als ein Zeitenbruch angesehen wird. Zweifellos gibt es diesen Bruch im deutschen Außenhandel mit Russland. Darüber hinaus allerdings ist der Höhepunkt der Globalisierung bereits seit rund ...

How Shocks Affect Stock Market Participation

While there is a broad consensus in the literature that stock ownership is associated with individual characteristics, such as wealth, income, risk preferences, and financial literacy, less is known about the dynamics of stock market participation (SMP). Major fluctuations in SMP are oftentimes related to political events, economic shocks, and technological disruptions. We discuss the literature that ...

The Impact of Price Display on Financial Decisions

Credit decisions play an important role for the economic wellbeing of households. However, the complexity of products and varying price information display makes it hard for consumers to navigate this field. Empirical evidence has important implications for consumer protection policies, as many people fail to make optimal choices for themselves and struggle to understand credit cost information. Presenting ...

Active Learning Improves Financial Education: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

We conduct a randomized field experiment to study the effects of two financial education interventions offered to small-scale retailers in rural western Uganda. The treatments contrast “active learning” with traditional “lecturing” within standardized lesson-plans. After six months, active learning has a positive effect on savings and investment outcomes, in contrast to small or zero effects for lecturing. ...

Financial Education Matters: Testing the Effectiveness of Financial Education Across 76 Randomized Experiments

Do financial education programs affect financial knowledge and behaviors? We examine this question using a meta-analysis that incorporates studies from the past decade, which saw a rapid increase in financial education research. When examining data from 76 financial education randomized experiments across 33 countries covering over 160,000 individuals, we find that financial education improves both ...