This paper discusses whether financial intermediaries can optimally provide liquidity, or whether the government has a role in creating liquidity by supplying government securities. We discuss a model in which intermediaries optimally manage liquidity with outside rather than inside liquidity:...

One of the standard requirements of company law is the restriction of distributions to shareholders in order to protect the legitimate interests of the company's creditors. As lawful dividends don't have to be paid back when the company runs into losses at a later stage, we need a measuring rod...

The current patent system is argued to be in a state of crisis. Although much recent criticism about the patent system has been leveled at so-called "patent trolls," another trend has emerged that may prove more enduring and potentially more troublesome. Patent holders have developed more...

1. Einleitung -- 1.1. Diskussion über Neugestaltung der Solvabilitätsvorschriften -- 1.2. Zielsetzung der Ausarbeitung -- 1.3. Struktur und Inhalt der Ausarbeitung -- I: Modelle zur Messung der Solvabilität -- 2. Begriffliche Grundlagen -- 3. Vergleichende Darstellung von Modellen zur Messung...

By tracking the cumulative inventory position of all passive liquidity providers in the US equity market and matching each position with its offsetting trade, we construct a measure of profits to liquidity provision (realized profitability) and assess how profitability varies with the average...

China’s bond market has been ranked third globally; however, China’s corporate bonds are significantly less liquid than its stocks. Liquidity risk is an important component in China’s corporate bond spreads. In this paper, we propose a stochastic liquidity discount factor model to evaluate...