Using the model of Rochet and Vives (2004), this note shows that a prudential regulator can in general not mitigate a bank’s failure risk solely by means of liquidity requirements. However, their effectiveness can be restored if, in addition, minimum capital requirements are met. This...

In this paper, we report a descriptive investigation of the structural evolution of two of the most important over-the-counter markets for liquidity in Germany: the interbank market for credit and for derivatives. We use end-of-quarter data from the German large credit register between 2002 and...

In this paper we ‘update’ the option implied probability of default (option iPoD) approach recently suggested in the literature. First, a numerically more stable objective function for the estimation of the risk neutral density is derived whose integrals can be solved analytically. Second,...

Every year 400,000 entrepreneurs fail and 60,000 file for personal bankruptcy. The option to declare bankruptcy provides entrepreneurs with insurance against the financial consequences of business failures. However, it comes at the cost of worsened credit market conditions. In this paper, we...

We study the effects of liquidity constraints and start-up costs on the relationship betweenwealth and the fraction of entrepreneurs in an economy. We develop a dynamic occupationalchoice model with endogenous wealth and entry into entrepreneurship...

Der Arbeitskreis hat sich mit dem gesamten Spektrum betriebswirtschaftlicher Fragen befaßt, die durch das Factoring als moderner Finanzierungsform aufgeworfen werden. Er beschränkt sich im folgenden aber bewußt auf die Analyse eines Teilbereichs, nämlich der Liquiditäts- und...

´Die Finanzkrise hat gezeigt, dass ein Systemmit immer ungleicherer Einkommens- undVermögensverteilung nicht stabil ist. DieÜberwindung muss an dieser Krisenursacheansetzen und sollte nicht das Modellkreditgetriebenen Wachstums an sichuntergraben. Die Einkommen der Schuldnermüssen wachsen...

Global liquidity expansion has been very dynamic since 2001. Contrary to conventionalwisdom, high money growth rates have not coincided with a concurrent rise in goodsprices. At the same time, however, asset prices have increased sharply, significantlyoutpacing the subdued development in...

The globalization of banking in the United States is influencing the monetarytransmission mechanism both domestically and in foreign markets. Using quarterlyinformation from all U.S. banks filing call reports between 1980 and 2005, we findevidence for the lending channel for monetary policy in...