This paper examines the informational efficiency of loans relative to bonds surrounding loan default dates and bond default dates. We examine this issue using a unique dataset of daily secondary market prices of loans over the11/1999-06/2002 period.(...)

Today's predominant disclosure philosophy calls for the fulldisclosure of all decision relevant information bycompanies. More publicly available information, theargument goes, limits the adverse selection problem by reducinginformation asymmetry among heterogeneous investors. Thus, theliquidity...

This paper deals with the impact of the arrival of public information on the intraday trading of highly liquid stocks quoted on the Paris Bourse.

A large part of the current debate on US stock price behaviorconcentrates on the question of whether stock prices are driven byfundamentals or by non-fundamental factors(...)

This thesis addresses the high-frequency price formation in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). In particular, it deals with high-frequency price reactions of European Union Allowances (EUAs) to scheduled macroeconomic and regulatory announcements. The work incorporates several...

Wirtschaftsprognosen sollen die Unsicherheit bezüglich der zukünftigen wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung mindern und Planungsprozesse von Regierungen und Unternehmen unterstützen. Empirische Studien bescheinigen ihnen jedoch in aller Regel ein unbefriedigendes Qualitätsniveau. Auf der Suche nach...

Dominant investors can influence the publicly available informa-tion about firms by affecting the cost of information collection. Under strategic competition, transparency results in higher variability of profits and output. Thus lenders prefer less transparency, since this protects firms when...

The European insurance industry is currently undergoing a substantial change in financial reporting requirements. Beginning in 2005, compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has been required in the European Union. Substantial sections of the IFRS - leading to a...

Directors’ Dealings have been extensively analysed especially for U.S. and U.K.stock markets. This event study is meant to bridge the gap for Germany, Italy andthe Netherlands. The question to be investigated is whether board members andother company insiders earn abnormal returns with market...

Die Arbeit geht auf die Frage ein, ob behaviorale Modelle empirisch überprüft werden können, weil die weichen Faktoren der Marktteilnehmer (ihr Behavior) sowie die Transzendenz dieser Begriffe mit einer wissenschaftlichen Unsicherheit assoziiert sind...