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This study appraises the role of gender in the behavior of individuals who make risky investments. The analysis bases on real-life investment data collected at an online market for peer-to-peer lending. The aim is to find out whether male and female investors differ in propensity for risk taking...
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This study investigates the role of gender in financial risk-taking. Specifically, I ask whether female investors tend to fund less risky investment projects than males. To answer this question, I use real-life investment data collected at the largest German market for peer-to-peer lending....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009018188
This study appraises the role of gender in the behavior of individuals who make risky investments. The analysis bases on real-life investment data collected at an online market for peer-to-peer lending. The aim is to find out whether male and female investors differ in propensity for risk taking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896116
How do banks choose their debt maturity structure when credit markets are subject to information frictions? This paper proposes a model of equilibrium maturity choice with asymmetric information and endogenous roll-over risk. We show that in the presence of public signals about firms'...
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The success of joint liability programs depends on nature and composition of borrowing groups. Group formation is a costly process and in our model these costs vary with the social identity of group partners. We show that risk heterogeneity in a borrowing group may arise due to the social...
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The paper focuses on the effects of three different internal bank ratings - Risk-, Property- and Creditworthiness …
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-out unit, a so-called bad bank. The key element of the plan is the valuation of troubled assets at their current market value … recapitalize the good bank by taking an equity stake in it. In extreme cases, this would mean a takeover of the bank by the …. A clear emphasis that the government stake is temporary would also be necessary. The government would cover the bad bank …
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We investigate whether or not banks play a positive role in the ownership structure of European listed firms. We distinguish between banks and other institutional investors as shareholders and examine empirically the relationship between financial institution ownership and the performance of the...
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work out units, a so-called bad bank. The key element of the plan is the valuation of troubled assets at their current … own cost and recapitalize the good bank by taking an equity stake in it. In extreme cases, this would mean a takeover of … the bank by the government. The risk to taxpayers from this investment would be acceptable, however, once the banks are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010661264
Since the summer of 2007, participants in financial markets have been confronted by a crisis of their own making. In order to prevent the recurrence of a similar crisis in the future, the G-20 nations, at their finance summit in Washington on 15 November 2008, resolved to "ensure that all...
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