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...

Do financial market analysts use structural economic models when forecasting exchange rates? This is the leading question analysed in this apper. In contrast to other studies we use expectations instead of realised data. Therefore we analyse the implicit structural models forecasters have in...