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OTC derivative contracts in Europe. Central clearing acts as insurance against counterparty credit risk related to … derivative contracts, and is legally mandated for a specific subset of standardized derivative contracts, with a significant … maturity of the contract and international frictions affect voluntary clearing of different types of derivative contracts in …
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We characterize optimal IPO design in the distinct adverse selection problems: one affecting the IPO stage and one arising in the after-market. Allocating shares to an investor with superior information in the after-market depresses the share's value to less informed investors. However, because...
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The non-bank financial sector in the euro area has more than doubled in size over the last decade reflecting the substantial growth in shadow banking activities. However, a large proportion of the non-bank financial sector remains unmapped as granular balance sheet information is not available...
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Advance pricing agreements (APAs) determine transfer prices for intra-firm transactions in advance. This paper interprets these contracts as a means to overcome a hold-up problem that occurs because governments cannot commit to non-excessive future tax rates. In addition, with private...
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Forward price-to-earnings ratios (PE ratios) play a central role in financial analysis and valuation. They are used to value comparable firms or to inform about mispriced stocks. We show that past investment growth and conservative accounting hinder a straightforward interpretation of the PE...
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Using a unique corporate loans dataset for entrepreneurs with small and microenterprises, this paper examines how educational attainment affects bank credit decisions and subsequent individual and firm outcomes. Our results highlight a "Matthew Effect," where an initial advantage is...
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Rather than taking on more risk, US insurers hit hard by the crisis pulled back from risk taking, relative to insurers hit less hard by the crisis. Capital requirements alone do not explain this risk reduction: insurers hit hard reduced risk within assets with identical regulatory treatment....
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