Despite the ongoing consolidation trend in the banking industry and the attention some mergers (in particular between large banks) have been receiving, there is no consistent picture of the impact of mergers on the stability of the financial system. In this paper, we aim to provide a universal...

We utilize the Eurosystem securities lending facilities as a laboratory to investigate the impact of collateral scarcity on market functioning. The reduction of securities lending fees, implemented in November 2020, provides a natural experiment for our analyses. This policy change results in a...

Systemrisiken sind in Zeiten des digitalen Umbruchs eine so präsente Bedrohung auf Finanzmärkten wie nie. Einem wachsenden Einfluss digitaler Intermediäre auf dem Finanzmarkt (wie Plattformunternehmen und FinTechs) sowie digitalen Geschäftsmodellen wohnen neue Herausforderungen und...

This book will provide a firm foundation in the understanding of financial economics applied to asset pricing. It carries the real world perspective of how the market works, including behavioral biases, and also wraps that understanding in the context of a rigorous economics framework of...