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Andres, C., Betzer, A., Bongard, I. Das Ende der Deutschland AG. Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, 44(2), 185-216. https://doi.org/10.3790/kuk.44.2.185
Andres, Christian; Betzer, André and Bongard, Inga van den "Das Ende der Deutschland AG" Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital 44.2, 2011, 185-216. https://doi.org/10.3790/kuk.44.2.185
Andres, Christian/Betzer, André/Bongard, Inga van den (2011): Das Ende der Deutschland AG, in: Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, vol. 44, iss. 2, 185-216, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/kuk.44.2.185

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Das Ende der Deutschland AG

Andres, Christian | Betzer, André | Bongard, Inga van den

Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital, Vol. 44 (2011), Iss. 2 : pp. 185–216

10 Citations (CrossRef)

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Prof. Dr. Christian Andres, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Chair of Empirical Corporate Finance, Burgplatz 2, D-56179 Vallendar.

Prof. Dr. André Betzer, Universität Wuppertal, Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, insb. Finanzierung und Bankwirtschaft, Gaußstraße 20, D-42119 Wuppertal.

Inga van den Bongard, Universität Mannheim, Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Finanzierung, D-68131 Mannheim.

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Abstract

The Demise of Germany, Inc.

This article looks into the development of cross-ownership of capital and of management networks in the capital market on the basis of the 150 biggest listed companies in the period 1998/2006. Owing to various institutional changes in the period under review (especially the adoption of the 2000 Tax Cut Act (Steuersenkungsgesetz), we have derived the conclusion that the traditional management structures of Germany Inc. have dissolved. This conclusion is based on the empirical results set out below: We have observed (1) a decline in capital investments inside of the network, (2) the dissolution of the complex capital ownership structures of financial services providers, (3) a thinning out of management networks based on supervisory council positions.