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Die aktuellen EU-Solvabilitätsvorschriften sind seit ihrer Einführung in den Jahren1973 (Nichtlebensversicherungen) und 1979 (Lebensversicherungsunternehmen)Gegenstand massiver Kritik.1 Ein zentraler Kritikpunkt resultiert aus derTatsache, dass sich die EU-Solvabilitätsregeln lediglich am...
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Die Mindesteigenkapitalausstattung von Banken und Versicherungen unterliegteiner weitreichenden gesetzlichen Regulierung.1 Als Begründung für Eingriffedes Staates in die unternehmerische Freiheit wird im Versicherungsbereich häufigauf eine spezielle Gläubigerstellung des Versicherungsnehmers...
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Seit einigen Jahren ist im Gefolge von Basel II das Thema Rating in der (wirtschafts-)politischen ebenso wie in der wissenschaftlichen Diskussion. Die Intensität der Auseinandersetzungen variiert dabei zwar im Zeitablauf, aber ganzin den Hintergrund getreten ist die Thematik seit mindestens...
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Loss Given Default (LGD) is a major element for pricing credits and bonds. As there has beena substantial amount of research during the last years, this paper aims to give an overview.Initially, defaults and recovery definitions for credits and the differences to bonds are discussed.A survey of...
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Rating downgrades are known to make subsequent downgrades more likely. We analyze theimpact of this ‘downward momentum’ on credit portfolio risk. Using S&P ratings from 1996to 2005, we estimate a transition matrix that is insensitive to and a second matrix that is sensitiveto previous...
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We examine the dynamics of bank lending to the private sector for countries of theEuro area by applying a Markov switching error correction model. We identify forBelgium, Germany, Ireland and Portugal stable, mean reverting regimes andunstable regimes with no tendency to return to the long term...
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[...]In this article, we attempt to quantify the economic effectsof the homeland security efforts of the public and privatesectors, focusing specifically on the costs of these efforts. Inpractice, it is difficult to classify which expenditures are relatedto homeland security. For this reason, we...
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A key issue in the successful management of an Information Technology (IT) outsourcing contract is the measurement of the vendor's performance to ensure that all agreed outcomes are achieved. An effective performance measurement system (PMS) provides both control and accountability of the vendor...
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.ObjectiveTo assess the responsiveness and convergent validity of the EQ-5D-3L and SF-6D in patients with depressive symptoms … validity was assessed using Spearman's rank correlation. Effect sizes were calculated and ROC analysis was performed to …
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Evidence from many countries in recent years suggests that collateral values and recovery rates on corporate defaults can be volatile and, moreover, that they tend to go down just when the number of defaults goes up in economic downturns.(...)
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