Romanian rural economy is dominated mainly by agriculture, whose dominant feature is the very high share of subsistence farms that produce mainly for self-consumption and less or not at all for the market. Given the dominance of the agricultural sector, rural economy is still very poorly...

Recording systems for property play a pivotal, market-facilitating role for the players engaged in any transaction, the judiciary that must resolve disputes between the players, and others members of the general public by informing each about the true nature of ownership of the real property...

This paper examines the COVID-19 impact on Chinese farmers’ peer-to-peer (P2P) borrowings using transaction-level data. Our difference-in-differences estimation results suggest that farmers from the most pandemic-affected region, Hubei province, substantially reduced their P2P loans by 13%...

The aim of this study is to investigate the possible contagion risk coming from energy, food and metals commodity markets and to assess risk spillovers from biofuel to food commodity markets and from crude oil to food markets. To this purpose, we use the delta Conditional Value-at-Risk ΔCoVaR)...

The aim of this study is to investigate the possible contagion risk coming from energy, food and metals commodity markets and to assess risk spillovers from biofuel to food commodity markets and from crude oil to food markets. To this purpose, we use the delta Conditional Value-at-Risk CoVaR)...

Die aktuelle Finanzkrise, die einen Höhepunkt im Zusammenbruch der Investmentbank Lehmann Brothers fand, zeigt immer deutlichere Auswirkungen auf die Realwirtschaft außerhalb des Bankensektors. Durch diese Krise haben sich im Bankensektor zunehmende Liquiditätsschwierigkeiten entwickelt, die...

Manfred Borchert, Prof. em. Universität Münster, plädiert in seinem Kommentar dafür, das Wertpapier-Portefeuille von Banken durch eine bestimmte Quote zum Eigenkapital zu begrenzen.

The outbreak of the financial crisis caused many banks worldwide to come under pressure, forcing them to rethink their business models. This analysis shows the shrinking of German banks' balance sheet items that are related to non-residents. It is illustrated that up to and into spring 2010 the...

Die aus der geringen Transparenz und mangelnden Standardisierung des außerbörslichen Derivatehandels resultierenden Gefahren sind durch die internationale Finanzkrise deutlich aufgedeckt worden. Nach dem Willen von Regulierungsbehörden soll diesem bisher weitgehend unregulierten Marktsegment...