This paper sheds new light on a long-standing puzzle in the international finance literature, namely, that exchange rate expectations appear inaccurate and even irrational. We find for a comprehensive dataset that individual forecasters' performance is skill-based. 'Superior' forecasters show...

This paper extends earlier studies on exchange rate expectations' formation by using new data and adding information about forecasters' reliance on fundamental analysis for the first time. We replicate the conventional result of non rational expectations. Moreover, biases in expectations are...

Unter dem Begriff Credit Scoring lassen sich mathematisch-statistische Verfahren zusammenfassen, anhand derer Informationen über Verbraucher oder Unternehmen zu quantitativen Punktwerten (Scores) verdichtet werden, um zu einer statistisch belastbaren Prognose der Erfüllungswahrscheinlichkeit...

We investigate the relationship between corporate and country sustainability on the cost of bank loans. We look into 470 loan agreements signed between 2005 and 2012 with borrowers based on 28 different countries across the world and operating in all major industries. Our principal findings...