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We use a vector error correction model to study the long-term relationship between aggregate expected default frequency and the macroeconomic development, i.e. CPI, industry production and short-term interest rate. The model is used to forecast the median expected default frequency of the...
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This paper studies the economic impact of the current global economic downturn on the household sector. Household budgets can be negatively affected by declines in nominal wages and increases in unemployment. We empirically test this effect for the small open emerging economy. As a result of a...
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We study the effect of weakening creditor rights on distress risk premia via a bankruptcy reform that shifts bargaining power in financial distress toward shareholders. We find that the reform reduces risk factor loadings and returns of distressed stocks. The effect is stronger for firms with...
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Resolution of non-performing loans is a key determinant of bank credit default losses. This paper analyzes macroeconomic and systematic frailty effects of the default resolution time for a sample of 17,395 defaulted bank loans in USA, Great Britain, and Canada. We find that frailties have a huge...
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, centered along four main points. First, the economic crisis triggered by the spread of the virus is radically different from … pandemic, while using credit to remain alive until the crisis subdues. Fourth, the existing legal and regulatory infrastructure …
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precondition for receiving government-backed financing. Chapter 11 offers a flexible, speedy, and crisis-tested tool for preserving … perhaps forbearance, until the crisis ends, they get back to work, and they regain their ability to pay their debts again …
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In this paper, we investigate how the COVID-19 health crisis could affect the liquidity of listed firms across 26 …
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This paper presents a framework for quantitatively evaluating the macroeconomic effects of corporate restructuring and applies it to Japan. Using firm-level financial statement data, it estimates total factor productivity (TFP) of individual Japanese firms. Given the estimated distribution of...
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The reaction of asset markets to the announcement of monetary policy measures is regarded as crucial for the transmission mechanism of monetary policy. I test whether the cross-sections of European equities and CDS show responses to monetary shocks which are in accordance with the goals behind...
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COVID-19 has severely disrupted the conduct of business around the globe. In jurisdictions that impose one or more ‘lockdowns', multiple sectors of the real economy must endure prolonged periods of reduced trading or even total shutdowns. The associated revenue losses will push many businesses...
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