Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24155 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 05-59
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
The savings banks? decision to distribute profits among their public owners is strongly regulated by law in order to guarantee their adequate funding via retained profits. However, the legal scope is reluctantly exhausted. In this study we examine the determinants of the savings banks? payout decision in more detail. We find that besides internal determinants also external factors regarding the savings bank?s public owner have strong explanatory power. The better the financial situation of the public owner, the less likely is the savings bank to distribute profits and to increase payouts, respectively.
Subjects: 
Savings Banks
Germany
Payout Policy
JEL: 
G21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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