English Abstract: The European Directive on mortgage loans provides important new set of rules specially for those civil law countries (as Italy) having a no efficient foreclosure procedure. The main task of the Directive is not only to give more protection to consumer, in fact the main task is...

Italian Abstract: L'informazione letterale, anche nella più sintetica disciplina delle informazioni chiave, sembra aver definitivamente fallito la sua missione di consentire all'investitore di compiere una decisione di investimento informata. Le nuove regole esaltano il dato numerico...

English Abstract: This study investigates the effect of the publication of spin-off news, published between 2000 and 2011 in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), on the abnormal returns of companies involved in the deal. The results of the empirical analysis developed through an event study on a...

English Abstract: They can be seen as the sum of a bond and an option (derivative component). The work explores some of the issues for the evaluation of the theoretical value (or fair value) of this type of bonds, providing an order of magnitude of the difference between the issue price (gross...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro effettua una verifica della capacità dell'oro di costituire un'attività rifugio (safe haven asset) nelle fasi di forte tensione sui mercati finanziari. Sotto questo aspetto, l'oro viene confrontato con altri potenziali safe haven assets (titoli sovrani tedeschi e...

The thesis develops the option pricing model with interest rate model in stochastic environment by analyzing insurance field in asset liability management context and regulatory puorpose from the management prospective.

The thesis develops the option pricing model with interest rate model in stochastic environment by analyzing insurance field in asset liability management context and regulatory puorpose from the management prospective.

In this work we have found a relevant increase in the systematic risk of the American real estate securities in the year 2007 which go to the initial values in the year 2009. With the aim to evaluate the systematic risk we have used the Fama-French three factor model and we have studied the...

This paper shows the results of a survey on firms regarding the changes that are occurring in the bank-firm relationship in view of Basel II. The survey has been conducted on an national basis together with a local one directed to small firms localized in the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Puglia...

This paper presents a survey of the literature on the determinants of inter-firm credit and on its implications for the transmission mechanism of monetary policy. Theoretical explanations for trade credit can be divided in two categories: a) theories based on real functions performed by trade...