The German Financial System and the Financial and Economic Crisis

1. Introduction
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

Part I. Development and Structure of the German Financial System

2. The Historical Development of the German Financial System
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

3. The Growth of Finance and Its Role Since the 1980s—A Quantitative Overview
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

4. The Institutional Structure of the German Financial System
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

5. Germany’s Integration into International and European Financial Markets
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

6. Regulation of the German Financial System
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

Part II. Competition, Profitability and Efficiency

7. The Nature and Degree of Competition
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

8. Profitability of the Financial Sector and Sub-sectors
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

9. Efficiency of the Financial Sector
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

Part III. Finance and the Non-financial Sector

10. Sources of Funds for Business Investments: Non-financial Corporate Sector and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

11. The Involvement of the Financial Sector in the Restructuring of the Economy
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

12. Privatisation and Nationalisation Policies and the Financial Sector
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

13. The Financial Sector and Private Households
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

14. The Real Estate Sector and Its Relation to the Financial Sector
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

Part IV. Finance, Distribution and Crisis

15. Financialisation and Income Distribution
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

16. Crisis and Macroeconomic Policies
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

17. Final Conclusions
Daniel Detzer, Nina Dodig, Trevor Evans, Eckhard Hein, Hansjörg Herr, Franz Josef Prante

Keywords: Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Banking, Capital Markets, Financial History, Economy-wide Country Studies