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We study alternative scenarios for exiting the post-crisis fiscal and monetary accommodation using a macromodel where banks choose their capital structure and are subject to runs. Under a Taylor rule, the post-crisis interest rate hits the zero lower bound (ZLB) and remains there for several...
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, concerns about the market liquidity of the Eurozone sovereign debt markets have been raised. We aim to quantify illiquidity … risks, especially such related to liquidity dry-ups, and illiquidity spillover across maturities by examining the reaction … processes. We find that: a) market liquidity is more fragile and less predictable when an asset is very illiquid and, b) the …
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This paper examines the dynamic relationship between credit risk and liquidity in the sovereign bond market in the … context of the European Central Bank (ECB) interventions. Using a comprehensive set of liquidity measures obtained from a … risk, as measured by the Italian sovereign credit default swap (CDS) spread, generally drive the liquidity of the market: a …
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, flight-to-safety or liquidity premiums? Using data on German nominal bonds between 2005 and 2015, we study the differential … pricing and liquidity of short and long maturity bonds. We find statistically significant, but economically negligible … segmentation in yields and some degree of liquidity segmentation of short-term versus long-term bonds. These results have important …
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-opening period contributes to market quality, defined by price discovery and liquidity provision, in the opening auction. We use a …
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This study examines the impact of ESG ratings on fund holdings, stock returns, and firm behavior. First, we show that among five major ESG ratings, only MSCI ESG can explain the holdings of US funds with an ESG mandate. We document that downgrades in the MSCI ESG rating substantially reduce...
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This study investigates the transition from being a listed company with a dispersed ownership structure to being a privately held company with a concentrated ownership structure. We consider a sample of private equity backed portfolio companies to evaluate the consequences of the corporate...
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This paper investigates the potential implications of say on pay on management remuneration in Germany. We try to shed light on some key aspects by presenting quantitative data that allows us to gauge the pertinent effects of the German natural experiment that originates with the 2009 amendments...
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Climate change is one of the highest-ranking issues on the political and social agenda. Vulnerabilities of the world ecosystem laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential damage for the human and business life made the need for urgent action clear once again. Corporations are one of the...
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A bonus on the fine in response to the defendant running a corporate compliance program is superfluous because working leniency programs provide all the incentives necessary to implement efficient compliance. Others opposed to such a bonus argue that unreduced fines are sufficient to incentivize...
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