Verlagsinfo: An den nationalen und internationalen Geld-, Kredit- und Kapitalmärkten ist seit einigen Jahren eine Reihe von Entwicklungstendenzen beobachtbar, die die Funktionsweise dieser Märkte offenbar nachhaltig beeinflussen. Deregulierungs- und Liberalisierungsmassnahmen ermoglichen die...

Consumer credit has become a topical issue for researchers, regulators and the banking industry in Europe as a result of increasing market integration, regulatory changes and a growing tendency of households to use debt to finance consumption. This study uses a cross-country approach to look at...

Volatility is very much with us in today's equity markets. Day-to-day price swings are often large and intra-day volatility elevated, especially at market openings and closings. What explains this? What does this say about the quality of our markets? Can short-period volatility be controlled by...

We study the impact of pre-contractual communication on market outcomes when economic relationships are subject to hidden action. Our experiment is framed in a credit market context and borrowers (second movers) can communicate with lenders (first movers) prior to entering the credit...