TY - THES A1 - Jacob, Janine T1 - From Bank-Based to Hybrid System: A Political Science Perspective on the Transformation Process of the German Financial System During the 2000s N2 - The first decade of this century witnessed a transformation of the German financial system from a hitherto bank-based system towards a hybrid system containing elements of both bank-based and market-oriented systems. This hybrid structure was decisive for the German banking sector having been comparatively severely affected by the global financial crisis of 2008, as it had generated an environment partially prone to inadequate risk-taking of some banks. For that reason, the causes for the development of such a hybrid structure are critical in understanding the later development. While much has been written on the German financial system, both before and after the latest crisis, the existing research is less clear on the underlying factors that have actually led to the development of such a hybrid structure. [...] T3 - Dissertations submitted to the Hertie School - 02/2015 KW - Finanzsektor KW - Finanzsystem KW - Bank KW - Strukturwandel KW - Organisatorischer Wandel KW - Deutschland KW - Globalisierung KW - EU-Binnenmarkt KW - Finanzkrise KW - Bankenkrise KW - Welt Y1 - 2015 N1 - Shelf mark: 2015D003 + 2015D004 ER - TY - THES A1 - Gnath, Katharina T1 - United we stand? : Governing the External Relations of the European Union in International Financial Institutions N2 - The decision to establish an Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) marked a momentous change in the history of the European Union: By introducing a common currency and a single monetary policy at the European level, the institutions and practices of economic governance in the EU were transformed. At the same time, EMU created new economic structures and actors at the heart of the international macroeconomic system – with novel and potentially far-reaching implications for policy-making in international financial institutions (IFIs). How does the EU govern its external relations in international financial institutions? And what explains the patterns of EU unity in IFIs? The dissertation pursues both a descriptive and an explanatory goal, as reflected in the two guiding research questions. I take an encompassing view to studying the EU’s external relations. Representation of the EU in international organizations and fora is an important element, yet it is only part of a longer and more complex story: Before any common position can be communicated or represented at the international level, European actors need to decide on it in the first place. The internal aggregation and authorization of external policies and positions in a poly-centric political system is thus a vital ingredient to the governance of the EU’s external relations in IFIs.(...) T3 - Dissertations submitted to the Hertie School - 04/2014 KW - Europäische Union KW - Währungsunion KW - Europäische Zentralbank KW - Finanzkrise KW - EU-Außenpolitik KW - Internationale Wirtschaftsorganisation Y1 - 2014 N1 - Shelf mark: 2014D007 + 2014D006 ER -