Cooperative Studies

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13OCT 2026
Allgemein
Invitation to the Housing Cooperative Conference on December 10, 2026
We invite you to attend the 2026 Housing Cooperative Conference, which the Research Institute for Cooperative Studies at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg is once again organizing in cooperation with VdW Bayern. The theme of the event is: “Capital Requirements Meet Identity: Strategies for Membership and Financing”. Once again this year, experts will present cutting-edge topics (in […]
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15OCT 2025
Allgemein
Recent Publication
In International Review of Economics and Finance, author Prof. Dr. Matthias Wrede investigates „The impact of the equity ratio on membership in cooperative banks during the financial crisis.“ Abstract: Member orientation is one of the cornerstones of cooperative banks. Members form not only the ideal but also the material basis of cooperatives. In this paper, […]
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13DEC 2024
Affordable Housing
Housing Cooperatives: Affordable rents in tight markets
What can be done about the significant increase in rents on the tight housing markets in Germany? One way is to better support housing cooperatives. The analysis of surveys among housing cooperatives and the 2011 and 2022 census show that although housing cooperatives are also significantly affected by general market trends such as rising costs, […]
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