Sovereign Debt and Credit Rating Bias rejects the notion that credit rating agencies' rigorous and transparent determination of ratings leaves no room for bias, and debunks the myth that the value CRAs place on their reputational capital precludes prolonged biases. To determine the extent of...

This book offers a comprehensive guide to the on-going Greek debt crisis. It identifies and explains Greece’s idiosyncratic weaknesses, and highlights the existing rigidities in the EU architecture that make the recovery prospects of the Greek economy challenging. Chapters from expert...

Vorwort des Herausgebers -- Vorwort Prof. Heidrun Kopp -- Vorwort Marlehn Thieme -- Teil I: Information ist alles - Nachhaltigkeitsratings im globalen Kontext -- Teil II: Das gute Geld - Qualität geprüft - Begrifflichkeiten -- Teil III: Kontrolle schafft Vertrauen - Gütesiegel für...

Nachdem in Deutschland bei vielen öffentlichen Gebietskörperschaften die Doppik eingeführt wurde, werden Jahresabschlüsse erstellt, die im Vergleich zum kameralistischen Jahresabschluss andere und zum Teil neue Informationen enthalten. Christian Magin untersucht, wie die Daten der...

This handbook presents a systematic overview of approaches to, diversity, and problems involved in interdisciplinary rating methodologies. Historically, the purpose of ratings is to achieve information transparency regarding a given body’s activities, whether in the field of finance, banking,...

Dieses Buch untersucht den Einfluss von Kapitalmarktkommunikation auf die Prognoseleistung von Finanzanalysten. Als empirische Grundlage werden Analystenkonferenzen von Standard & Poor’s 500 Unternehmen zwischen den Jahren 2002 und 2014 analysiert. Vordergründig ist die...

This volume assesses the current state of play for Middle East and North African countries, in the light of wider work on inflation targeting, and provides lessons from the evolution of monetary policy in Europe

Introduction to Online Lending -- Statistic Analyses of Online Lending Industry -- Business Model Analysis of Online Lending Platforms in China -- Business Model Analysis of Online Lending Platforms outside China -- Risks in Online Lending Industry -- A Comprehensive Rating System of Online...

This book focuses on extending the models and theories (from a mathematical/statistical point of view) which were introduced in the first volume to a more technical level. Where volume I provided an introduction to the mathematics of bubbles and contagion, volume II digs far more deeply and...

Part I: Econometrics of Financial Markets -- Information Asymmetry, Liquidity and the Dynamic Volume-Return Relation in Panel Data Analysis -- Density forecasts of emerging markets’ exchange rates using Monte Carlo simulation with regime switching -- Determination of the own funds requirements...