The objective of the paper is to analyse the influence of information about economic and financial problems of strategic shareholders upon the market value of commercial banks operating in the Polish banking sector. The analysis included fourteen such cases from the years 2007 - 2014. The...

Die weltweite Finanzmarktkrise beruht zu einem wesentlichen Teil auf dem Handel mit Verbriefungen, deren Risiken aufgrund manipulierter Ratings erheblich unterschätzt wurden. Die Ursachen der Krise sind demnach weitgehend unstrittig; das Ausmaß der Krise lässt sich aber gegenwärtig kaum...

Nachdem 2008 die Finanzmärkte weltweit einbrachen, wurde in Verbriefungen eine der Hauptursachen für den Flächenbrand gesehen. Der Verbriefungsmarkt trocknete aus, weil das Vertrauen in dieses Finanzinstrument verloren gegangen war. Damals attestierte man der Finanzinnovation Verbriefung...

After the financial markets slumped worldwide in 2008, securitizations were seen as a major cause of the conflagration. The securitization market dried up because this financial instrument was no longer trusted. At the time, no one thought securitizations had any future as a financial...

This study investigates the impact of multimarket contacts on bank profitability in the Vietnamese banking system from 2006 to 2015 using the system GMM. The findings indicate in general no evidence of the mutual forbearance hypothesis in this sector. However, we do find evidence of tacit...

Effizienz und Kostendifferenzen im Ländervergleich auf einem geeinten europäischen Bankenmarkt In diesem Beitrag werden Niveau und Streuung der Effizienz von Banken in der EU untersucht. Bankeffizienz ist im Lichte des derzeitigen sowie des zu erwartenden stärkeren Wettbewerbs in Europa für...

We analyze the impact of financial globalization on business cycle synchronization utilizing a proprietary database on banks’ international exposure for industrialized countries during 1978–2006. Theory makes ambiguous predictions and identification has been elusive due to lack of bilateral...

The Global Financial Crisis (GFC: 2008–2009) and the Euro Sovereign Crisis (ESC: 2010–2012) seem a process of creative destruction for the European Union (EU). The huge damage provoked by the GFC and ESC was, in fact, followed by important institutional building steps as the Banking Union...

This paper investigates the effectiveness of public credit guarantee programs and interest-support programs for SMEs (small and medium enterprises). First, assuming that there is an imperfect information structure in the SME loan market, we analyze how SME support financial programs affect the...

In the first part (in the previous issue of Economic Review) of this two-part study, the authors identified a number of possible benefits from combining banking and commerce, including portfolio diversification, the creation of internal capital markets, and economies of scale and scope. This...