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Sebastian, Steffen P. ; Noth, Lukas ; Grafe, Albert

The Effect of Commission Bans on Household Wealth: Evidence from OECD Countries

Sebastian, Steffen P. , Noth, Lukas and Grafe, Albert (2023) The Effect of Commission Bans on Household Wealth: Evidence from OECD Countries. Working Paper, Regensburg.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 25 May 2023 06:24
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.54281

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Abstract

Abstract In most OECD countries, financial advisors are primarily paid through commissions. This entails a principal agent problem in which the financial advisor has the incentive to sell financial products that maximize his income, not however the return of the investor seeking financial advice. To combat this conflict of interest, countries such as Denmark, Finland or Great Britain introduced ...

Abstract
In most OECD countries, financial advisors are primarily paid through commissions. This entails a principal agent problem in which the financial advisor has the incentive to sell financial products that maximize his income, not however the return of the investor seeking financial advice. To combat this conflict of interest, countries such as Denmark, Finland or Great Britain introduced commission bans. Our research finds an annual return difference of household wealth between 1.5% to 2% with a sample period from 1997 to 2020 for OECD countries with commission ban versus OECD countries without. This implies that households in commission ban countries can have close to double the amount of wealth compared to household in non-commission ban countries after 40 years. The results support the introduction of commission bans to foster private household wealth formation.

Zusammenfassung
In den meisten OECD-Ländern werden Finanzberater über Provisionen vergütet. Dieses System führt zu einem Principal-Agenten-Problem, bei dem der Finanzberater einen Anreiz hat, Finanzprodukte zu verkaufen, die sein Einkommen maximieren, nicht jedoch die Rendite des Anlegers. Um diesen Interessenskonflikt aufzulösen, haben Länder wie Dänemark, Finnland oder Großbritannien Provisionsverbote eingeführt. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass zwischen 1997 und 2020 OECD-Länder mit Provisionsverbot eine 1,5% bis 2% höhere jährliche Rendite auf ihr Vermögen erreicht haben. Dies kann nahezu zu einer Verdopplung des Haushaltvermögens nach 40 Jahren führen. Somit sprechen die Ergebnisse für die Einführung von Provisionsverboten zur Förderung der Vermögensbildung privater Haushalte.


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Item typeMonograph (Working Paper)
Place of Publication:Regensburg
Date5 April 2023
InstitutionsBusiness, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre > Lehrstuhl für Immobilienfinanzierung (Prof. Dr. Steffen Sebastian)
Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Immobilienenwirtschaft / IRE|BS > Lehrstuhl für Immobilienfinanzierung (Prof. Dr. Steffen Sebastian)

Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Immobilienenwirtschaft / IRE|BS
Interdisciplinary Subject NetworkNot selected
Research groups and research centresCenter of Finance
Classification
NotationType
D14Journal of Economics Literature Classification
D18Journal of Economics Literature Classification
G28Journal of Economics Literature Classification
KeywordsCommission Ban, distribution, financial service
Dewey Decimal Classification300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
StatusPublished
RefereedNo, this version has not been refereed yet (as with preprints)
Created at the University of RegensburgPartially
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-542810
Item ID54281

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