In einem Grundlagenteil beschreibt die Arbeit zunaechst die Ansatzpunkte internationaler Kooperation zur Praevention von Finanzkrisen, fokussierend auf die Regulierung von Banken und Wertpapierfirmen, und beschreibt die wesentlichen Massnahmen und Institutionen der internationalen Zusammenarbeit...

Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...

Over the Past two and a half years banks have failed at the fastest pace since the Great Depression. These rapidly mounting bank failures have rekindled a debate surrounding the use of fair value accounting, with many arguing that fair value has exacerbated the severity of the recent financial...

Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die ökonomische Analyse der Regelungen zur Kreditvergabe an Unternehmen der Neuen Basler Eigenkapitalvereinbarung in der Version vom Januar 2001 („Basel II”). Der grundlegende Unterschied zwischen diesem Regulierungsentwurf und der momentan gültigen...

This article analyses the economics of financing banking supervision and attempts to respond to two questions: What are the most common financing practices? Can the differences in current financing practices be explained by country specific factors? We perform an empirical analysis that...