This paper presents a simple model of risk-averse banks that face uncer-tainty over funding conditions in the money market. It shows when increasedfunding uncertainty causes interest rates on loans and deposits to rise, whilebank lending and bank pro…tability fall. It also …nds that funding...

Competitive shocks can erode the customer base and thus the information pool of banks. Inferiorinformation quality also reduces the quality of borrowers and may lead to financial instability ofbanks and corporates if risk taking is excessive. Recent theories conjecture that banks can mitigatethe...

Gemäß den im Juni 2004 durch den Baseler Ausschuss endgültig verabschiedetenKapitalstandards (Basel II) sind Kredite in Höhe des so genannten unerwarteten Verlusts mit Eigenkapitalzu unterlegen. Für erwartete Verluste hat das jeweilige Kreditinstitut Rückstellungen zubilden, wobei hier...

Der vermehrte Einsatz innovativer Finanzprodukte wie Verbriefungen oder Kreditderivate und das Engagement österreichischer Unternehmen in Zentral- und Osteuropa führen zu wesentlichen Veränderungen im österreichischen Bankensektor ...

This paper presents a two-country dynamic general equilibrium model with imperfectcompetition and nominal price rigidities in which productivity shocks coexist withmarkup shocks. After analyzing the features of the optimal cooperative solution, we showthat this allocation can be implemented in a...

This article investigates the factors influencing the timingand funding of payments in the CHAPS Sterling system,drawing where appropriate on comparisons with paymentactivity in Fedwire...

This paper investigates the relationship between short-term interest rates and bank risk. Using a unique database that includes quarterly balance sheet information for listed banks operating in the European Union and the United States in the last decade, we find evidence that unusually low...

This paper investigates the financing conditions of non-financial corporations in theeuro area. We develop a new firm classification based on micro data by distinguishingbetween three groups of firms: unconstrained, relatively and absolutely constrainedfirms. We also provide further evidence on...

Microfoundations of the euro´s effect on euro area trade hinge on the timing, thespeed and the size of adjustment in trade costs. We estimate timing, speed and sizeof adjustment in trade costs for sectoral trade data. Our approach allows for sectorspecific impacts of trade costs on sectoral...

Die Bankenneuregulierung der Europäische Kommission sieht eine Beschränkungder Kreditvergabe im Interbankenmarkt auf 25 % des Eigenkapitals sowie einenSelbsteinbehalt des Originators in Höhe von 5 % am gesamten zu verbriefenden Forderungsportfoliovor. Eine starre Regulierung führt aber nicht...