Im Mittelpunkt dieser Arbeit steht die Analyse der Vor- und Nachteile einer geglätteten versus aktuellen Informationsbasis in einem theoretischen Modell. Am Beispiel stabiler Agency-Ratings und volatiler marktbasierter Ratings zeigt sich, dass die Effekte der Berichtsmethode von den...

In almost every financial market crisis we can observe widening credit spreads, especially in the last years during the subprime and sovereign debt crisis. But what exactly drives the credit spread? This paper will outline static components, i.e. default risk, liquidity, risk and the relative...

The current financial market crisis has impressively demonstrated the importance of an effective credit risk management for financial institutions. At the same time, the use and the valuation of credit derivatives has been widely criticised as a result of the crisis. Over the past decade, credit...