Banks, Finance and Investment in Germany.

1. Introduction 2. A theoretical framework for analysing the effects of the financial system on economic performance 3. The significance of bank loans in the finance of aggregate investment in Germany 4. Legal forms of enterprise in Germany, and their implications for the role of the German financial system 5. The structure of the German banking system 6. Bank supervisory board representation and other aspects of German bank lending to firms 7. German bank behaviour when firms are in financial distress 8. The ownership structure of large German firms and its implications for German banks' corporate control role 9. Do German banks act as delegated exercisers of equity's control rights? 10. Conclusion.