Against the background of the present financial crisis Otmar Issing and Jan Krahnen, members of the expert commission advising the German government on issues relating to financial crisis prevention, have suggested the creation of a "global risk map" to be enhanced by a global credit register....

With banking sectors worldwide still suffering from the effects of the financial crisis, public discussion of plans to place toxic assets in one or more bad banks has gained steam in recent weeks. The following paper presents a plan how governments can effi ciently relieve ailing banks from...