Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Aufarbeitung der Hintergründe der Subprime-Krise sowie der nachfolgenden internationalen Banken- und Finanzkrisen. Auf dieser Basis werden Vorschläge diskutiert, wie die erkannten Schwachstellen im Finanzsystem repariert bzw. behoben werden...

Based on a review of international and regional responses to the global financial and economic crisis and its implications for finance in Asia, Douglas Arner and Lotte Schou-Zibell draw lessons for Asian financial systems with regard to the scope of regulation; financial standards; supervision,...

We use a large sample of non-US banks to examine the propagation of the 2007-2009 crisis. Using both stock market and structural variables we test whether the relative incidence of the crisis was better explained by crisis models or by the VaR-type analysis of the Basel system. Consistent with...

The paper provides the IMF staff views on policy options to mitigate the risks posed by institutions perceived as too-important-to-fail (“TITF"). These institutions have become bigger and more complex since the crisis, and risky practices have started to reappear. The paper emphasizes the need...

This paper deals with the Russian financial markets and financial institutions. The author focuses on post crisis recovery, Russian equity market. The issue of capital outflow and operating risks of the stock market were analyzed by the author

We analyse the wide array of rescue programmes adopted in several countries, following Lehman Brothers' default in September 2008, in order to support banks and other financial institutions. We first provide an overview of the programmes, comparing their characteristics, magnitudes and...

This paper analyzes the relation between firms' leverage, financial development and firm-level characteristics. I find financial development, measured as stock market turnover ratio or stock market capitalization, is negatively related to firm leverage while financial development, measured as...

The aim of the present research is to provide a new CoCo bond pricing method to assist analyses of both equity investors and fixed income investors. For this reason, we develop models in terms of PDEs where the spatial variable is the underlying stock. By using these approaches, one will be able...

Asian crisis in the late 1990s exposed the inherent deficiencies of Basel I, and exactly a decade later the 2008 global credit mayhem clearly proved that the Revised Framework (Basel II) and the IMF's Financial Sector Assessment Program contributed to instability rather than averting...

The paper analyzes the role of financial regulation in facilitating the development of organizational norms to enhance risk culture in banking institutions. Specifically, it examines the regulatory responses and industry-led initiatives taken since the financial crisis of 2007-08 to address...