Set forth below in Part I is a discussion of the backgroundof the Pilot; in Part II, conclusions arising out of the conductof the Pilot; and in Part III, the Participating Institutions’views as to the next steps. The Pilot left the ParticipatingInstitutions with three core conclusions:• that...

[...]In this paper, we therefore consider how riskmeasures, based on internal models of this type, might beintegrated into a firm’s own methodology for allocatingrisk capital to its individual business units and for determiningits optimal capital structure. We also consider theimplications of...

We use a newly constructed narrative measure of regulatory bank capital requirement tightening events (Eickmeier et al., 2018) to examine their effects on household income and expenditure inequality in the US. Income and expenditure inequality both decline (the latter decline being slightly less...

Die Stärkung der Eigenkapitalbasis gerade der Unternehmen des gewerblichen Mittelstandes ist eine wichtige Voraussetzung für die Schaffung und Erhaltung von langfristig wettbewerbsfähigen Arbeitsplätzen in den neuen Ländern. Das ifo Institut hat im Auftrag des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums...