The banking and currency crises of the last two decades inflictedsubstantial financial, economic, and social damage on thecountries in which they originated. In this work, the efficiencyof early warning indicators for these disastrous economic eventsis evaluated. An analysis of the traditional...

Among the policy responses to the global financial crisis, the international provision of US dollars via central bank swap lines stands out. This paper studies the build-up of stresses on banks' balance sheets that led to this coordinated policy response. Using the BIS international banking...

A striking and unexpected feature of the financial crisis has been the sharpappreciation of the US dollar against virtually all currencies globally. The paper findsthat negative US-specific macroeconomic shocks during the crisis have triggered asignificant strengthening of the US dollar, rather...

The objective of this paper is to implement a prototype of a currency crisis modelas part of an early warning system framework for Uganda. The financial systemsof developing countries like Uganda are especially vulnerable and therefore robustinstruments to predict crises are needed. Our model is...

The report describes the current developments of the German market for Non Performing Loans/Distressed Debt as it is influenced by the financial crisis/credit crunch. Furthermore the sale of (small and medium sized) real estate portfolios since summer 2007 is analysed in more detail.

In der vorliegenden Bachelorarbeit wird ein Überblick über die zu erwartenden Auswirkungen der aktuellen Finanz- und Kapitalmarktkrise auf verschiedene Akteure der deutschen Immobilienwirtschaft gegeben. In diesem Zusammenhang wird näher auf die im Bankensektor angesiedelten Ursachen...

Ziel der Bachelorarbeit ist es, die Auswirkungen der Immobilienkrise auf das Verhalten institutioneller Investoren in Deutschland aufzuzeigen. Hierbei wird zunächst der Hintergrund der Krise näher betrachtet. Anschließend wird untersucht, inwieweit sich die Anforderungen und Aspekte von...