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Firm heterogeneity and credit risk diversification

Hanson, Samuel G. (contributor); … - 2005

This paper considers a simple model of credit risk and derives the limit distribution of losses under different assumptions regarding the structure of systematic and idiosyncratic risks and the nature of firm heterogeneity. The theoretical results obtained indicate that if firm-specific risk...

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Judicial efficiency and banks credit risk exposure

Canzian, Giulia; Ferrara, Antonella Rita - 2021

We exploit the outset of a regulation seeking to improve judicial efficiency through the rearrangement of courts’ geography in Italy to provide causal evidence on the relationship between judiciary structural reforms and banks financial stability. To this end, we apply a...

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Disorganization and financial collapse

Marin, Dalia; Schnitzer, Monika - 2000

Recently, Blanchard and Kremer (BK) argued that disorganization has led to the output decline in the former Soviet Union. In this paper we introduce liquidity and credit constraints into the BK model and show how these problems can alleviate the hold-up problem. We argue further that barter...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781618

European market integration for gas? : volume flexibility and political risk

Asche, Frank; Osmundsen, Petter; Tveterås, Ragnar - 2000

Gas exports to the Continent are regulated by long term take-or-pay contracts. The contracts are described and analyzed. We thereafter examine whether the most central European gas market, the German market, is integrated. Are there substantial price differences between gas from different export...

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Stock market integration between three CEECs, Russia and the UK

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Spagnolo, Nicola - 2010

Russia. The adopted framework allows to analyse interdependence by estimating volatility spillovers, and also contagion by …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942221

Debt recovery in firm liquidations : do liquidation trustees matter?

Cepec, Jaka; Grajzl, Peter; Zajc, Katarina - 2016

Insolvency systems play a crucial role in protection of creditor rights, yet micro-level empirical evidence on the … functioning of insolvency regimes worldwide is sparse. We investigate whether creditors' recovery of outstanding claims, a measure … of ex-post efficiency of an insolvency regime, depends on the characteristics of the trustee delegated the administration …

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The impact of delay : evidence from formal out-of-court restructuring

Srhoj, Stjepan; Kovač, Dejan; Shapiro, Jacob N.; … - 2021

Bankruptcy restructuring procedures are used in most legal systems to decide the fate of businesses facing financial hardship. We study how bargaining failures in such procedures impact the economic performance of participating firms in the context of Croatia, which introduced a "pre-bankruptcy...

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Advantageous smallness in contests

Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2021

A standard result in contests is that a higher-ability player has a higher probability of winning the prize than a lower-ability player. Put differently, a stronger player has an advantage over a weaker player in a contest. There are very few exceptions to this standard result. I consider a...

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Analysing the determinants of credit risk for General Insurance firms in the UK

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Cerrato, Mario; Zhang, Xuan - 2016

This paper estimates a reduced-form model to assess the credit risk of General Insurance (GI) non-life firms in the UK. Compared to earlier studies, it uses a much larger sample including 30 years of data for 515 firms, and also considers a much wider set of possible determinants of credit risk....

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Macroeconomic dynamics and credit risk : a global perspective

Schuermann, Til; Treutler, Björn-Jakob; Weiner, Scott M.; … - 2003

We develop a framework for modeling conditional loss distributions through the introduction of risk factor dynamics. Asset value changes of a credit portfolio are linked to a dynamic global macroeconometric model, allowing macro effects to be isolated from idiosyncratic shocks. Default...

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