A model of the financial market is evaluated that consists of competing credit institutions (local lenders and financial intermediaries) to determine risk and intermediation effects on the financing obtained by entrepreneurs. Local lenders are considered to be principals with respect to the...

Fair value refers to current values as the backbones of accounting measurements. Current value follows the efficient financial market (EFM) hypothesis - which abstracts away from economic realization - as guidance for the financial market investment process through ignorance and hazard. This...

We build a model of the financial sector to explain why adverse asset shocks in good economic times lead to a sudden drying up of liquidity. Financial firms raise short-term debt in order to finance asset purchases. When asset fundamentals worsen, debt induces firms to risk-shift; this limits...

The purpose of this research is to examine the interaction between financial stress and conflict risk having impacts on financial instruments in capital markets within an interdisciplinary frame. The Fuzzy TOPSIS method is applied in order to analyze effects of conflict hazard on capital markets...