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Bernd Skiera, Professor for Electronic Commerce at Goethe University Frankfurt and member of the Managing Board of the eFinance Lab, has achieved first place in the latest ranking of prolific current research in the field of business administration published by the German business daily Handelsblatt. The ranking is based on publications in recognized international journals by researchers in the...[more]

A huge fingerprint, covering an area of 1,500 square meters, will be set up soon between the Faculties of Law and Economics building and the House of Finance. With her sketch the U.S. artist Pae White won a competition of Goethe University Frankfurt for the artistic design of the Campus Westend that took place within the framework of the Hessian initiative “art-in-architecture” (“Kunst am...[more]

On December 1, 2014, Volker Wieland presented the annual report 2014/15 of the German Council of Economic Advisors in a SAFE Policy Center Lecture. Wieland, Professor for Monetary Economics at the Goethe University Frankfurt and Managing Director of the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability (IMFS), is a member of this council since March 2013. First, Wieland gave insights in the...[more]

SAFE Newsletter Q4 2014 (pdf download) Content: Research  Jochen M. Schmittmann, Jenny Pirschel, Steffen Meyer, Andreas Hackethal The Impact of Weather on German Retail Investors Andreas Cahn, Patrick Kenadjian Contingent Convertible Securities: from Theory to European Regulation Interview Rainer Haselmann “Credit...[more]

In new video tutorials on FAZ.NET, Andreas Hackethal, Professor of Personal Finance at Goethe University's House of Finance, explains how savers find the right investment strategy in order to get more interest rates on their savings. From today, FAZ.NET provides eleven three-minute tutorials altogether, two new tutorials every week. In 2013, Hackethal already offered video tutorials on FAZ. NET...[more]

Unique access to data from the German Federal Statistical Office and the State Statistical Offices at Goethe University Frankfurt State Minister Axel Wintermeyer, head of the State Chancellery of Hessen, opened a new research data center at Goethe University’s House of Finance on 6 November. The center provides researchers with direct access to data resources from the German Federal...[more]

On 17 October 2014, the second Frankfurt Conference on Financial Market Policy brought together high-level regulators, academics and industry representatives to discuss the functions and functioning of the non-bank banking sector and the challenges lying ahead for regulators, consumers and practitioners alike. The annual Frankfurt Conference is organized by the Policy Center of the Research...[more]