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derivatives. It characterizes optimal hedge positions and shows that regret aversion leads to stronger incentives to hedge …
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literature is twofold: (i) We present a theoretical two-period regret model that allows us to analyze the determinants of the …
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The objective of this study is to develop a qualitative model supporting chief financial officers (CFOs) while considering the timing of initial public offerings (IPOs) under conditions of underdeveloped capital markets, where decision making is often made under information shortage. A lack of...
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This paper is the first to analyze the joint determinants of premiums and spreads in structured financial products … other, and depend on different key determinants. The economically significant determinants of the premiums are mainly profit …
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Credit risk measurement and management become more important in all financial institutions in the light of the current financial crisis and the global recession. This particularly applies to most of the complex structured financing forms whose risk cannot be quantified with com-mon rating...
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for financial institutions. At the same time, the use and the valuation of credit derivatives has been widely criticised … as a result of the crisis. Over the past decade, credit derivatives emerged as an important part of credit risk … credit derivatives, no longer seems to be an appropriate alternative. However, correct valuation of these derivatives is …
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for financial institutions. At the same time, the use and the valuation of credit derivatives has been widely criticised … as a result of the crisis. Over the past decade, credit derivatives emerged as an important part of credit risk … credit derivatives no longer seems to be an appropriate alternative. However, correct valuation of these derivatives is still …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874932
Banks face two different kinds of moral hazard problems: asset substitution by shareholders (e.g., making risky, negative net present value loans) and managerial rent seeking (e.g., investing in inefficient “pet” projects and consuming perquisites that yield private benefits). The privately...
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Shipping goods internationally is risky and takes time. To allocate risk and to finance the time gap between production and sale, a range of payment contracts is utilized. I study the optimal choice between these payment contracts considering one shot transactions, repeated transactions and...
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In October 2006, Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS) introduced new ratings for banks that account for the potential of government support. The rating changes are not a reflection of any changes in the respective banks' credit fundamentals. We use this natural experiment to evaluate the...
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