Financial intermediaries may increase economic efficiency through intertemporal risk smoothing.However without an adequate regulation, intermediation may fail to do this. This paper studiesthe effects of a production shock in a closed economy and compares abilities of market-based andbank-based...

Lack of transparency in securitization transactions significantly contributed to thesevere financial crisis of 2007–2009. To increase transparency we—based on arecent idea by Markowitz (2009)—propose an incentive compatible mechanismfor future securitization transactions: financial claims...

Few areas of monetary economics have been studied as extensively as the transmission mechanism. The literature on this topic has evolved substantially over the years, following the waxing and waning of conceptual frameworks and the changing characteristics of the financial system. In this paper,...

Banking regulators often practice forbearance and ambiguity in insolvency resolutions. The paperexamines the effects of regulatory forbearance and ambiguity in a context of allocational efficiency.Bailouts, liquidations and their stochastic policy mix lead to suboptimal allocations if banks do...

The unfolding financial turmoil in mature economies has prompted the official and private sectors to reconsider policies, business models and risk management practices. Regardless of its future evolution, it already threatens to become one of the defining economic moments of the 21st century....

Der aktuell diskutierte Gesetzentwurf für eine Reform der Einlagensicherung in Weißrusslandverfolgt das Hauptziel, mehr Sparmittel der Bevölkerung für das planwirtschaftliche Wirtschaftssystemverfügbar zu machen. Bei einer nicht passgenau auf die Landessituation abgestimmtenAusgestaltung...

Operationelle Risiken stellen für Banken nach dem Kreditrisiko die zweitwichtigste Risikokategoriedar. Ein effektives Risikomanagement der operationellen Risiken dürfte in Zukunft einentscheidender Wettbewerbsfaktor sein. Im Rahmen der Neuregelung der bankaufsichtsrechtlichenVorgaben gemäß...

Like all the member states of the European Union, Slovenia was also obligated to implement EUDirectives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC into national banking legislative. Basel II rules were implementedinto Slovenian legislative in December 2006 and have been valid from 1st of January 2007. Before...