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Kreditvergabe der Banken an kleine und mittelständische

Lindner-Lehmann, Monika; Lehmann, Erik; Neuberger, Doris - EconWPA - 2005

Analyse steht die Organisation und Vorgehensweise der Kreditwürdigkeitsprüfung, die Geschäftsbeziehung zwischen Bank und Kunde …

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Collateral-Based Lending in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Thailand

Menkhoff, Lukas; Neuberger, Doris; Suwanaporn, Chodechai - EconWPA - 2005

This paper examines the role and determinants of collateral in emerging markets compared to mature ones. Analyzing a data set of 560 credit files of Thai commercial banks, we find that both the incidence and degree of collateralization are higher there than in developed markets. Thai banks use...

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The rural non-farm economy, Livelihoods and their

Davis, Junior - EconWPA - 2005

.g. tourism, mining, timber processing, etc). The promotion of diversification of activities may be an important component of …

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Stochastic Dominance Efficiency Tests under Diversification

Kuosmanen, Timo - EconWPA - 2001

. The advantage to the earlier efficiency tests is that the proposed approach explicitly accounts for diversification …. Allowing for diversification can both improve the power of the empirical SD tests, and enable SD based portfolio optimization …

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Stochastic Dominance Portfolio Analysis of Forestry Assets

Heikkinen, V.-P.; Kuosmanen, Timo - EconWPA - 2002

general Stochastic Dominance (SD) criteria, focusing on the recent theoretical advances in analyzing portfolio diversification …

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International Portfolio Investment: Theory, Evidence, and Institutional Framework

Bartram, Sohnke M.; Dufey, Gunter - EconWPA - 2001

other countries, hedge their consumption basket against ex-change rate risk, realize diversification effects and take …

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Determinants of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Livelihood Strategies in Rural Communities: Evidence from Eastern Nigeria

Adi, A. Bongo - EconWPA - 2005

the determinants of livelihood diversification away from agriculture as well as the manner in which different agro …-ecological determinants affect such diversification. The probability of participating in non-agricultural activities was estimated in an …-climactic variables were found to determine the nature of diversification. Against the backdrop of the recent deagrarianisation thesis …

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Managing biodiversity correctly - Efficient portfolio management as an effective way of protecting species

Figge, Frank - EconWPA - 2004

Loss of biodiversity is regarded as one of the key problems affecting the environment. In order to demonstrate the significance of biodiversity, the value of individual species or ecosystems today is generally determined in science and practice. The underlying thought is that a species or...

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Were the Acquisitive Conglomerates Inefficient?

Klein, Peter G. - EconWPA - 1997

, favoring an agency explanation for unrelated diversification. In the 1960s, however, conglomerates were not valued at a … discount. Evidence from acquisition histories suggests that conglomerate diversification may have added value by creating …

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Risk in Financial Conglomerates: Management and Supervision

Lelyveld, Iman van; Schilder, Arnold - EconWPA - 2003

Financial conglomerates, combining banking, securities trading, and insurance, have become an important part of the financial landscape in many countries. Cross-sector consolidation has been fostered by trends such as disintermediation, globalization, and deregulation creating new challenges for...

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