Financial institutions may be vulnerable to predatory short selling. When the stock of a financial institution is shorted aggressively, leverage constraints imposed by short-term creditors can force the institution to liquidate long-term investments at fire sale prices. For financial...

It is well known that investors usually assign part of their funds to asset managers who are given the task of beating a benchmark portfolio. On the other hand, the risk management office could impose some restrictions to the asset managers' activity in order to mantain the overall portfolio...

We show that following a tick size reduction in a decimal public limit order book (PLB) market quality and welfare fall for illiquid but increase for liquid stocks. If a Sub-Penny Venue (SPV) starts competing with a penny-quoting PLB, market quality deteriorates for illiquid, low priced stocks,...

Tax competition, both at European and international level, is a current research topic given the current context of accelerating globalization. Subject to competition and tax competition, is increasingly important in the European Union, characterized by a high degree of economic integration, the...

This paper analyzes the geographical preferences of hedge fund investors and the implication of these preferences for hedge fund performance. We find that funds of hedge funds overweight their investments in hedge funds located in the same geographical areas and that funds of funds with a...

Romania has a long tradition as regards social security, which is a modern system, since the early twentieth century. Although they are based on increasing the contribution of each citizen, in proportion to the amount being fixed it, PAYG pension system implies certain redistribution based on...

We discuss the implications of nonlinear dynamic phenomena for policy definition in a growing economy. De- parting from the hypothesis that local analysis of economic systems focus the definition of policy on short run outcomes, we propose that to have a clearer perspective on long run outcomes,...

The world is experiencing the development of new financial instruments to cope with natural catastrophes economic losses, this paper contributes to the forward movement of the discussion about the sustainability of one of these instruments known as non-life insurance linked securities. It shows...

This study focuses on the shariaa compliant screening methods that are practiced by prominent Islamic finance users in terms of qualitative and quantitative screening. This research uses the comparative analysis to recognize the similarities and differences of methods among 15 users. Analysis...