This paper empirically analyzes a particular type of notes observed insecuritization transactions: combination notes. Combination notes are formedby combining parts of two or more tranches of securitization transactions,where one part usually consists of a share of the first loss piece. It is...

Der folgende Beitrag befasst sich mit dem Problem der Modellselektion im Finite Mixture Partial Least Squares (FIMIX-PLS)-Ansatz. Dieser Ansatz, welcher der Methodengruppe der Mischverteilungsmodelle zuzuordnen ist, ermöglicht eine simultane Schätzung der Modellparameter bei gleichzeitiger...

Competitive aggressiveness is analyzed in a simple spatial oligopolisticcompetition model, where each one of two firms supplies two connectedmarket segments, one captive the other contested. To begin with, firmsare simply assumed to maximize profit subject to two constraints, one relatedto...