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The UBS-Credit Suisse Merger : Helvetia's Gift
Böni, Pascal; Kroencke, Tim-Alexander; Vasvari, Florin P. - 2023
The UBS- Credit Suisse (CS) merger in March 2023, one of the biggest banking unions in history, was an emergency rescue … deal engineered by Swiss authorities to avoid more market-shaking turmoil in global banking. The merger resulted in a … around the merger announcement through abnormal returns to UBS stockholders (7.95%) and CS bondholders (34.74%), equivalent …
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The impact of political risks on financial markets : evidence from a stock price crash perspective
Ma, Yanping; Wei, Qian; Gao, Xiang - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 12 (2024) 2, pp. 1-16
Political risk, one of the most significant uncertainty shocks, affects firms' future attitudes toward risks and plays a crucial role in their decision making. A stock price crash risk is a classical topic in financial markets; therefore, this paper probes the relationship between firm-level...
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An Assessment of Financial Sector Rescue Programmes
Settlements, Bank for International - 2014
We analyse the wide array of rescue programmes adopted in several countries, following Lehman Brothers' default in September 2008, in order to support banks and other financial institutions. We first provide an overview of the programmes, comparing their characteristics, magnitudes and...
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The Effect of Accounting Conservatism on Corporate Investment during the Global Financial Crisis
Balakrishnan, Karthik - 2016
This paper examines the effect of accounting conservatism on firm-level investment during the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. Using a differences-in-differences design, we find that firms with less conservative financial reporting experienced a sharper decline in investment activity following...
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The impact of financial sector sustainability guidelines and regulations on the financial stability of South American banks
Alguindigue Ruiz, Pedro Ildemaro; Weber, Olaf - In: ACRN journal of finance and risk perspectives 10 (2021), pp. 111-127
Sustainability risks represent a significant concern for the banking industry. Consequently, financial regulators created financial sector sustainability guidelines and regulations. However, the effect of these policies on banks' financial stability is unclear. Hence, this study analyzes 149...
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Climate Vulnerability and Stock Price Crash Risk Worldwide
Ni, Xiaoran; Si, Yi; Zhang, Bohui - 2022
Using a global dataset, we document that market-level climate vulnerability is positively associated with stock price crash risk of individual firms. We establish causality by using an instrumental variable analysis and difference-in-differences analysis. Furthermore, we show that an increase in...
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An Assessment of Financial Sector Rescue Programmes
Faeh, Thomas - 2010
We analyse the wide array of rescue programmes adopted in several countries, following Lehman Brothers' default in September 2008, in order to support banks and other financial institutions. We first provide an overview of the programmes, comparing their characteristics, magnitudes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143555
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International Announcements and Wti Crude Oil Futures : A Case Study of the 2008 Global FInancial Crisis
Gkillas, Konstantinos - 2019
We examine the impact of international monetary policy and professionals' announcements on WTI crude oil futures. The methodology is an event and case study. The event study refers to an analysis of each category of events, while the case study refers to the selection of a particular time...
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Contagion Effects of the U.S. Subprime Crisis on International Stock Markets
Hwang, Inchang - 2010
This paper examines the contagion effects of the U.S. subprime crisis on international stock markets using a DCC-GARCH model on 38 country data. We find evidence of financial contagion not only in emerging markets but also in developed markets during the U.S. subprime crisis. We also find...
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