Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/17769 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1225
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
In this paper, we investigate the claim that German banks are special compared to banks in other industrialised economies. We show that banks are of particular importance to the German economy?as financial intermediary, as lender to the corporate sector, and as part of the corporate governance system. Further, German banks are supervised by two supervisory institutions and have the highest deposit insurance in the world. And last but not least, German banks are numerous, perform poorly, and are part of a historically grown three-pillar system. Hence, German banks can indeed be characterised as unique when compared to other industrialised economies.
Subjects: 
Germany
Banks
Financial Systems
Corporate Governance
Three Pillar System
Bank Regulation
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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