Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, Asset Backed Securities anhand der Untersuchung von deren Konstruktionsmerkmalen und derDiskussion über deren potentielle Vor- und Nachteile gegenüber traditionellen Finanzierungsalternativen zu charakterisieren undzu analysieren. Insbesondere sollte ein möglicher...

We provide a novel methodology for estimating time-varying weights in linear prediction pools, which we call dynamic pools, and use it to investigate the relative forecasting performance of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models, with and without financial frictions, for output...

This paper explores the incidence of job loss by wage level during the Great Recession, using data for Ireland. Ireland experienced a particularly pronounced decline in employment by international and historical standards, which makes it a valuable case study. Using EU Survey on Income and...

Long-term unemployment reached unprecedented levels in Spain in the wake of the Great Recession and it still affects around 57% of the unemployed. We document the sources that contributed to the rise in long-term unemployment and analyze its persistence using state-of-the-art duration models. We...