In this paper we propose a generalisation of the noise trader transmission mechanism to examine the impact of central bank intervention on exchange rates. Within a heterogeneous expectations exchange rate model intervention operations are supposed to provide support to either chartist or...

The globalisation on financial markets and the development of financial derivatives has increased not only chances but also potential risk within the banking industry. Especially market risk has gained major significance since market price variation of interest rates, stocks or exchange rates...

In dieser Untersuchung wird empirisch überprüft, ob makroökonomische Schocks auf Insolvenzquoten einen statistischen Einfluss ausüben. Die quantitativen Auswirkungen der makroökonomischen Impulse werden mithilfe von Impuls-Antwort-Funktionen und Vorhersagefehler-Varianzen beschrieben, wobei...

The globalisation on financial markets and the development of financial derivatives has increased not only chances but also potential risk within the banking industry. Especially market risk has gained major significance since market price variation of interest rates, stocks or exchange rates...

Market risk management is one of the key factors to success in managing financial institutions. Underestimated risk can have desastrous consequences for individual companies and even whole economies, not least as could be seen during the recent crises. Overestimated risk, on the other side, may...

Seit Mitte des Jahres 2014 wertete der Euro sowohl nominal als auch real effektiv ab. Eine Untersuchung der Elastizitäten der Waren- und der Gesamtexporte auf Änderungen in verschiedenen Wechselkursreihen zeigt, dass die Elastizität bezüglich der Wechselkurse zwischen – 0,2 und – 0,6...