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The causes of the global financial crisis were multi-faceted but revealed still unresolved weaknesses in national and international financial oversight and resolution frameworks. In particular, many governments in the crisis-hit countries had to provide unprecedented levels of support to contain...
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This paper shows that obligations from debt hinder tacit collusion if equity owners are protected by limited liability. In contrast to its advantageous commitment value in short-run competition, leverage reduces profits from infinite interaction. Contrasting uncorrelated shocks with a cyclical...
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In einem kürzlich erschienenen ZfB-Beitrag schlagen Förster et al. eine Vorgehensweise für die Erfassung der Zinsschranke und ihrer Wirkung auf die zinsinduzierte Steuerersparnis vor. Dieser Beitrag nimmt kritisch dazu Stellung: Es wird gezeigt, dass die dort abgeleiteten Formeln für die...
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In dem Beitrag wird untersucht, welche Rolle die Banken in Deutschland in der Unternehmenskontrolle spielen. Das Universalbanksystem, das die Kreditvergabe und die Beteiligung an Unternehmen zuläßt, führt zu anderen Strukturen der "Corporate Governance" als das Trennbanksystem z.B. der USA....
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This paper examines the financial stability implications arising from securitization markets, with one eye on the past and another on the future. The paper begins by deriving a number of “lessons learned†based on an examination of key industry developments in the years before the...
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Eine Auswertung der Lebensläufe von 426 Aufsichtsratsmitgliedern in den 29 größten deutschen Banken, die von Marcel Thum, ifo Dresden, und Harald Hau, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, vorgenommen wurde, zeigt, dass Finanzmarkt- und Bankerfahrung von Aufsichtsratsmitgliedern besonders in den...
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This article summarizes the European Union’s stress testing exercises and future priorities. The 2011 solvency stress testing was marked by methodology and data. The exercise forced banks to increase the quality and quantity of capitalization. This test has many controversial issues, but...
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Ireland has made progress in overcoming the economic crisis. The new coalition government’s strategy for restoring sustained growth, sound public finances, and job creation has been put forward in the context of the European Union/IMF-supported program. On this basis, the government...
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assessment reveals that bank supervision in Andorra is broadly sound and has improved since the 2002 assessment. Institut … requests to external auditors will be important for the bank and nonbank financial sectors. …
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