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The efficiency of early warning indicators for financial crises
Rabe, Jens Michael - 2000
The banking and currency crises of the last two decades inflictedsubstantial financial, economic, and social damage on thecountries in which they originated. In this work, the efficiencyof early warning indicators for these disastrous economic eventsis evaluated. An analysis of the traditional...
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Demand and supply determinants of loan contract terms in small business lending
Kirschenmann, Karolin - 2010
verbessern.Kapitel 5 beschäftigt sich schließlich mit dem Einfluss der jüngsten Finanzkrise auf die Kreditverfügbarkeit für KKMU …
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THE EFFECTS OF FUTURES TRADING BY LARGE HEDGE FUNDS AND CTAS ON MARKET VOLATILITY
Holt, Bryce R.; Irwin, Scott H. - 2000
This study uses the newly available data from the CFTC to investigate the market impact of futures trading by large hedge funds and CTAs. Regression results show that there is a positive relationship between the trading volume of large hedge funds and CTAs and market volatility. However, a...
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Three Essays in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: Post Bankruptcy Performance, Bankrupt Stock Performance, and Relationship with Hedge Funds and Other Vulture Investors
Xu, Min - 2010
Firms that emerged from Chapter 11 as public companies have tons of characteristics. The first essay analyzes their post bankruptcy performance, duration effect, and the quality of their projection information. While the sample's post bankruptcy performance does show improvement, their...
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Four Essays on Investments
Kolokolova, Olga - 2009
Leistung von Hedgefonds und der optimalen Portfolioauswahl untersucht werden.Das erste Kapitel dieser Doktorarbeit beschäftigt … sich mit dem Problem der nicht dokumentierten Erträge nach dem "delisting" des Hedgefonds. Es handelt sich um eine …-Renditen, basierend auf einem Dach-Hedgefond vorgeschlagen. Hierbei repräsentiert ein Dach-Hedgefonds ein Portfolio von Hedgefonds, welche …
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Hedge Funds : Alternative Investment Strategies and Portfolio Models
Mader, Wolfgang - 2005
Gegenstand der Arbeit sind verschiedene qualitative und quantitative Aspekte von Hedgefonds, welche f?r ein umfassendes … Verst?ndnis der Anlageklasse von zentraler Bedeutung sind. Die Arbeit enth?lt daher zun?chst eine Einf?hrung zu Hedgefonds … einzelnen Hedgefonds-Handelsstrategien, den zugeh?rigen Risikofaktoren und den spezifischen Eigenschaften von Dachhedgefonds …
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Hedge fund survival analysis
Mermelshtayn, Tommy, Banking & Finance, Australian … - 2010
Hedge funds? (HF) assets under management (AUM) expanded at more than 20% per annum between 2000 and the mid-2008 peak of USD1.85 trillion. The 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) led to a drastic industry contraction with an estimated 2,000 fund liquidations. Nonetheless, the industry?s AUM is...
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Some Stylized Facts on the Finance-Dominated Accumulation Regime
Stockhammer, Engelbert - 2007
While there is an agreement that the Fordist accumulation regime has come to an end in the course of the 1970s, there is no agreement on how to characterize the post-Fordist regime (or if a such is already in place). The paper seeks put together various arguments related to financialization (in...
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Opportunities and costs of portfolio diversification in sadc's smallest equity markets
Hearn B.; Piesse J. - 2008
This paper contrasts the performance of three time series models, a simple stochastic drift, GARCH, and a time varying parameter CAPM for three of SADC's smallest equity markets: Namibia, Swaziland and Mozambique. Analysis of the portfolio characteristics for each reveals the level of...
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Corporate governance and financing choices of firms: A panel data analysis
Kyereboah-Coleman A.; Biekpe N. - 2006
We examine how corporate governance indicators such as board size, board composition and CEO duality impact on financing decisions of firms. Panel data covering the five year period 1999-2003 from forty-seven (47) listed firms on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) was used. Analysis was done...
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