Este artículo analiza cualitativa y cuantitativamente el desarrollo de las tomas de control corporativo con posterioridad a la promulgación de la Ley de OPAS y Gobiernos Corporativos, promulgada en el año 2000, siendo uno de sus objetivos el establecer los efectos que dicha ley tuvo sobre el...

This paper characterizes the secondary debt market in Chile. It asses the efficiency of the Chilean debt market in terms of transparency, liquidity, safety, cost efficiency and integrity. A special emphasis is made on the Chilean government debt market in Chile, which is dominated by banks and...

Esta Nota Técnica sintetiza los elementos esenciales de la práctica de la supervisión basada en riesgos aplicada por los reguladores financieros. El enfoque busca reconocer los riesgos que inciden sobre un potencial incumplimiento de la regulación financiera. De acuerdo a la capacidad de las...

This paper considers the conditions that are necessary for market discipline to complement prompt corrective action (PCA) by the authorities in handling problem banks. We initially consider precisely what market discipline means in this context, who exercises it and the preconditions that are...

The role of financial institutions and corporate governance in the conduct and performance of industrial firms, especially in the area of technological innovation and international competition has been hotly debated in the recent past. The results presented here are a contribution to the...

Several studies have recommended reliance on subordinated debt as a tool for monitoring banks by investors and for enhancing depositors’ protection. However, subordinated debenture increases the level of leverage and thus the probability of costly failure. We propose a novel financial...

This paper examines the impact of the Internet on financial markets

In this report, we explain and analyze a trading strategy, popularly known as Pairs trading. We begin by explaining what a pair trading strategy entails. Since there are various ways of implementing the strategy, we describe the methodology selected by us in section 3. Thereafter, we look at the...

The article substantiates the hypothesis that the profitability of small firms is above all determined by qualitative variables. In this respect a low standardization of goods and even more importantly, the high significance of governance structures play a crucial role rendering the quality of...