Macro Attractiveness and Micro Decisions in the Mutual Fund Industry

Gunnar Lang is Senior Researcher at the ZEW Research Department "International Finance and Financial Management". He was a visiting researcher at Harvard Business School in 2009 and 2010. He also held a visiting position in the research unit of the United States Housing and Urban Development Department in Washington, DC in 2010. Prior to his doctoral studies, he worked for a major German bank in several divisions and for a software corporation in the business strategy unit. He holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration from the University of Stuttgart and a Diplom Volkswirt (equals MA in Economics) from Heidelberg University. He teaches in several executive education programmes.

• General Introduction.- Theoretical Background.- Attractiveness of European Financial Centers.- Evidence from Domiciliation Decisions in the Mutual Fund Industry.- Impact of the Domiciliation Decision on Fund Fees.- General Conclusion.- Appendix.