We examine what are common factors that determine systematic credit risk and estimate and interpret the common risk factors. We also compare the contributions of common factors in explaining the changes of credit default swap (CDS) spreads during the pre-crisis, crisis and post-crisis period....

Assessments of investors’ risk appetite/aversion stance via indicators often yields results which seem unsatisfactory (see e.g. Illing and Aaron (2005)). Understanding how such indicators work therefore seems essential for further improvements. The present paper seeks to contribute to this...

In modernen Gesellschaften steht das Thema Gerechtigkeit ganz oben auf der politischen Agenda. Viele Menschen sind der Ansicht, die soziale Gerechtigkeit habe in den letzten Jahren abgenommen. Unklar bleibt dabei, was unter Gerechtigkeit verstanden wird. Der Gerechtigkeitsindex des Instituts der...