Die internationalen wirtschaftlichen Aktivitäten der großen Industrie- und Handelsunternehmen sind nicht ohne Konsequenzen für das Finanzmanagement dieser Unternehmen geblieben. Mit der Internationalisierung ist vor allem die Bedeutung des Risikomanagement und des unternehmensweiten Cash...

This paper analyzes credit risk transfer in banking. Specifically, we model loan sales and loan insurance (e.g. credit default swaps) as the two instruments of risk transfer. Recent empirical evidence suggests that the adverse selection problem is as relevant in loan insurance as it is in loan...

In some markets vertically integrated firms sell directly to final customers but also to independent downstream firms with whom they then compete on the downstream market. It is often argued that resellers intensify competition and benefit consumers, in particular when wholesale prices are...

Governments throughout the western world and beyond are in the midst of a severe financial crisis and emerging from a sharp recession. Ireland is no exception. One of the options for strengthening public finances is the sale of state assets. In this paper we draw on the Irish experience to...

Viele Praktiker diskutieren derzeit sehr kontrovers, welchen Beitrag gastronomische Betriebe zum Erfolg in Einzelhandelsbetrieben leisten.

The overall purpose of this Behavioural Study on the Transparency of Online Platforms is to understand the impact of enhanced transparency on consumer trust and behaviour in searching and selecting goods and services on online platforms in three specific areas: Area #1: The general criteria used...

The question of u0093whereu0094 to regulate sales is of course connected to the further and more ample issue of u0093howu0094 to regulate. In its latest Green Paper, the Commission in fact asks both kinds of questions as regards, in particular, the contract of sale. Though this paper is aimed at...