‘Cornerstone’ investor agreements, in which high net-worth entities receive a guaranteed block of IPO shares, constitute an important potential signal of IPO value. Their recent emergence in the Hong Kong market setting, in tandem with detailed prospectus disclosures on such items, opens-up...

We study the effect of the increase in Italian sovereign debt risk on credit supply on a sample of 670,000 bank-firm relationships between December 2010 and December 2011, drawn from the Italian Central Credit Register. To identify a causal link, we exploit the lower impact of sovereign risk on...

We analyze the transmission of bank-specific liquidity shocks triggered by a credit rating downgrade through the lending channel. Using bank-level data for US Bank Holding Companies, we find that a credit rating downgrade is associated with an immediate and persistent decline in access to...

This paper outlines a framework for mapping the effects of Basel III increases in capital and liquidity requirements on cross-border bank lending to emerging market economies. In a traditional push and pull scheme, the effects of capital and liquidity ratios are disentangled through 6 specific...

Acest studiu investigheaza rolul creditarii bancare si al îndatorarii sectorului privat în formarea dezechilibrelor premergatoare crizei financiare din tarile europene. Mai întâi, am aratat ca atât stocul de credit total, cât si cel privat sunt puternic corelate cu fluxurile de investitii...

The Eurosystem has been pursuing a crisis management policy for more than four years now. This policy aims primarily at maintaining financial stability in the euro area by providing vast liquidity support to commercial banks that are operating in nationally segmented banking systems. As a side...

In seinem Kommentar zeigt Martin Schütte, ehem. HypoVereinsbank/Bayer. Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank und Universität München, dass, fünf Jahre nach Beginn der Finanzkrise, diese zwar eine Krise der Staatsverschuldung geworden ist, aber die Gründe auch für diese Krise, die Risiken und die...