Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

How do retirees choose among home equity release products? Despite housing wealth being households’ largest asset, little is known about preferences for different equity release products. We conduct a survey…

How do retirees choose among home equity release products? Despite housing wealth being households’ largest asset, little is known about preferences for different equity release products. We conduct a survey…

Women are significantly less likely to participate in the stock market than men. We show that financial socialization plays an important role in explaining this gap. Survey data from Germany and the U.S.…

• Lage und Erwartungen nahezu unverändert
• Eurozone: Wirtschaftsstimmung verbessert sich leicht
• USA: Trotz Haushaltskrise nur geringe Erwartungsänderunge
• China: Erwartungen bleiben neutral
• Leicht verbesserte…

• Hoffnung auf Aufschwung bleibt intakt, Lage verschlechtert sich weiter
• Eurozone: Konjunkturstimmung bleibt weitgehend stabil
• USA: Lageindikator im Plus; Erwartungen aufgehellt, Zinserwartungen steigen
• China:…

Nearly two decades of green bond issues have ignited various research questions and fields surrounding the topic. It is therefore time to take stock. Green bonds were launched with the goal of greening the…

• Erwartungen stabilisieren sich, aber Verschlechterung der Lage
• Eurozone: Verbesserung der Konjunkturerwartungen und -lage
• USA: Konjunkturlage bleibt stabil
• China: Einschätzungen bleiben weiterhin stabil
• Negativrevis…