Mit steigenden Elementarschäden wird die Frage nach deren Vermeidbarkeitund Versicherbarkeit drängender. Am wirkungsvollsten organisierbar ist dieElementarschadenversicherung in einem solidarischen System von Versicherungspflichtzu festgelegten Werten und Zusammenfassung aller Risiken...

This paper analyzes the effect of the removal of government guarantees on bank risk taking. We exploit the removal of guarantees for German Landesbanken which results in lower credit ratings, higher funding costs, and a loss in franchise value. This removal was announced in 2001, but...

This paper analyzes the effect of the removal of government guarantees on bank risk taking. We exploit the removal of guarantees for German Landesbanken which results in lower credit ratings, higher funding costs, and a loss in franchise value. This removal was announced in 2001, but...

Bis zum Auftreten der ersten Versicherungen prägten zwei Verhaltensweisen die Bewältigung von Elementarereignissen: Einerseits wurden die Leistungen auf freiwilliger Basis erbracht, andererseits kamen die Solidaritätsleistungen immer erst nach dem Eintritt der verheerenden Naturereignisse...

As a main step in the numerical solution of control problems in continous time, the controlled process is approximated by sequences of controlled Markov chains, thus discretizing time and space. A new feature in this context is to allow for delay in the dynamics. The existence of an optimal...

Traditionally, the cost of debt is seen as solely dependent on firm or debt characteristics. However, a firm's cost of debt might also be impacted by the informational environment, thereby offering a link between security transparency, asset pricing, and corporate finance. This paper measures...

This paper empirically investigates the effect of bank capital ratios on loan spreads using a dataset of all syndicated loans issued by public non-financial U.S. firms during the 1993 to 2007 period. We find evidence that banks with high capital ratios charge higher spreads. We further...