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The tremendous growth of markets for credit derivatives since the mid 1990's has raised questions regarding the role of these instruments in the banking in- dustry which is heavily exposed to credit risk. However, while recent literature mainly focused on pricing and optimal decisions regarding...
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Germany's banking sector has been severely hit by the global financial crisis. In a German context as of February, 2009, this paper reviews briefly the structure of the banking industry, quantifies effects of the crisis on banks and surveys responses of economic policy. It is argued that policy...
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The contribution of financial and non-financial risks to the overall level of risk in the system depends on the current state of the EU banking system (which, in the aggregate and compared with banking sectors in other major advanced economies, cannot be characterised as strong) and how...
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In its fifth edition, this report focuses on recent developments in Africa's banking sectors and the policy options for all stakeholders. The study of banking sectors across all African sub-regions includes the results of the EIB survey of banking groups operating in Africa. Three thematic...
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Piracy in international waters is on the rise again, in particular off the coast of Somalia. While the dynamic game between pirates, ship-owners, insurance firms and the military seems to have reached some kind of equilibrium, piracy risks generating significant negative externalities to third...
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European monetary integration was one element in the process of financial market integration but by far not the only one. The paper traces the development of financial markets and systems in Europe from the beginnings of the euromarkets in the 1950s over early exchange rate arrangements and the...
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The paper presents a detailed description of IMF and World Bank conditionality and tries to explain changes in this … conditions seem to be influenced by contemporaneous World Bank activity. Moreover, the paper tries to explain compliance with … World Bank conditionality as well as interruptions of IMF programs in the recipient countries. Compliance with World Bank …
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Mir geht es in dem vorliegenden Beitrag darum, den "wunderlichen" Prozess des politischen Sieges einer bestimmten Form des Wirtschaftsliberalismus in der deutschen Nachkriegszeit zu untersuchen. Diesbezüglich sind Erhards Reden zur Wirtschaftspolitik und dabei seine publizistische Aufarbeitung...
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Angesichts dieser Besonderheiten in der Entwicklung der Genossenschaften im Baltikum im Allgemeinen und der Produktivgenossenschaften im Besonderen wurde der Verfasser seitens des österreichischen Genossenschaftsverbandes gebeten, die Zukunftsperspektiven von Produktivgenossenschaften in...
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