This paper examines the role and determinants of collateral in emerging markets compared to mature ones. Analyzing a … higher there than in developed markets. Thai banks use collateral primarily to reduce the higher credit risks of small and … relatively young firms. Long credit relationships do not reduce collateral requirements by lowering information asymmetry. Market …

The Report on a Right of Use for Collateral Takers and Custodians examines on what basis collateral takers can dispose … of the assets of collateral providers, and custodians of those of their clients. The report describes the current legal … (Collateral Directive, Investment Services Directive). The report contains a Tax Appendix. …

economic activity and regional property values (the latter representing collateral effects) reduce regional insolvencies. An …

The paper measures economic loss from the problem of inadequate collateral in Bulgaria and proposes solutions …

. Reasonable estimates of the size of the inflationary bias in the Czech Republic suggest that conventionally reported declines in …

/or failing to assess correctly the quality of their private signal. We evaluate the impact of the considered bias on the …

Studies suggest a bias against the publication of null (p > .05) results. Instead of significance, we advocate …

, the root mean square error, bias and finally directional accuracy. The forecasts are even compared to naive random walk … by the naive random walk model. Tests of bias indicate that the Swedish forecasters underestimate GDP-growth and …, root mean square error, directional accuracy, bias, revisions, final respective preliminary outcomes, Theil index, naïve …