Systematic Risk in Recovery Rates - An empirical Analysis of US Corporate Credit Exposures Discussion paper 02/2004: Klaus Düllmann, Monika Trapp

Who do you trust while bubbles grow and blow? A comparative analysis of the explanatory power of accounting and patent information for the market values of German firms Discussion paper 17/2004: Fred Ramb, Markus Reitzig

On the decision to go public: Evidence from privately-held firms Discussion paper 16/2004: Ekkehart Boehmer, Alexander Ljungqvist

Welfare Implications of the Design of a Currency Union in Case of Member Countries of Different Sizes and Output Persistence Discussion paper 15/2004: Rainer Frey

Real-Time Estimation of the Output Gap in Japan and its Usefulness for Inflation Forecasting and Policymaking Discussion paper 14/2004: Koichiro Kamada

Consumption Smoothing Across States and Time: International Insurance vs. Foreign Loans Discussion paper 13/2004: George M.von Furstenberg

Business Cycle Transmission from the US to Germany - a Structural Factor Approach Discussion paper 12/2004: Sandra Eickmeier

Real-time data business cycle analysis in Germany Discussion paper 11/2004: Jörg Döpke

Evaluating the German inventory cycle using data from the IFO business survey Discussion paper 10/2004: Thomas A. Knetsch

The inventory cycle of the German economy Discussion paper 09/2004: Thomas A. Knetsch