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Re-Examining Investor Protection in Europe and the US
Burke, John J. A. - 2009
The year 2009 is a propitious time to evaluate systems of investor protection in financial markets as global bank losses exceed the 1 trillion mark and market losses equally exceed the 1 trillion mark. Prior to the Global Financial Crisis, the European Union enacted sweeping legislation to...
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Are banks different? : Evidence from international data
Buch, Claudia M. - 2000
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Are banks different? : evidence from international data
Buch, Claudia M. - 2000
Pecking order models of international finance suggest that countries should become less reliant on international bank lending as they develop. Reduced information costs are one of the factors behind this trend towards disintermediation. This paper presents a simple model on the choice between...
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Corporate Finance and Economic Activity in the Euro Area : Structural Issues Report 2013
Rodriguez-Palenzuela, Diego - 2013
-08, thus underlining the relevance of financing and credit conditions to investment and economic activity in turbulent times …
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Foreign currency loans and systemic risk in Europe
Yeşin, Pınar - 2013
Foreign currency loans to the unhedged non-banking sector are remarkably prevalent in Europe and create a significant … exchange-rate-induced credit risk to European banking sectors. In particular, Swiss franc (CHF)-denominated loans, popular in … that banks in Europe have continuously held more foreign-currency-denominated assets than liabilities, indicating their …
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The Determinants of Long-Term Debt Issuance by European Banks : Evidence of Two Crises
Rixtel, Adrian Van - 2015
This paper is one of the first to investigate the determinants of bond issuance by European banks. We use a unique database of around 50,000 bonds issued by 63 banks from 14 European countries, allowing us to differentiate between different types of long-term debt securities. By investigating at...
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Improving the Role of Equity Crowdfunding in Europe's Capital Markets
Wilson, Karen E. - 2014
. Despite the hype, equity crowdfunding is still the smallest. Due to exemptions in legislations, Europe has been at the … start-ups can play job creation and economic growth in Europe. In this paper, we assess the potential role of equity …
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The Determinants of Long-Term Debt Issuance by European Banks : Evidence of Two Crises
Rixtel, Adrian Van - 2016
This paper is one of the first to investigate the determinants of bond issuance by European banks. We use a unique database of around 50,000 bonds issued by 63 banks from 14 European countries to test explicitly a broad set of hypotheses on the drivers of bond issuance. The sample covers the two...
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Financial structure and diversification of European firms
Lawless, Martina; O'Connell, Brian; O'Toole, Conor - In: Applied economics 47 (2015) 22/24, pp. 2379-2398
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The impact of financial and legal structures on the performance of European listed firms
El-Chaarani, Hani - In: The international journal of business and finance … 9 (2015) 2, pp. 39-52
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