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    • A Stochastic Forward-Looking Model to Assess the Profitability and Solvency of European Insurers 

      Berdin, Elia; Pancaro, Cosimo; Kok Sørensen, Christoffer (2016-11-01)
      In this paper, we develop an analytical framework for conducting forward-looking assessments of profitability and solvency of the main euro area insurance sectors. We model the balance sheet of an insurance company ...
    • Financial Literacy and Self-Control in FinTech: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Online Consumer Borrowing 

      Bu, Di; Hanspal, Tobin; Liao, Yin; Liu, Yong (2019-10-14)
      We report the results of a longitudinal intervention with students across five universities in China designed to reduce online consumer debt. Our research design allocates individuals to either a financial literacy treatment, ...
    • Governance in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Venture Capitalists vs. Technology Parks 

      Cumming, Douglas; Werth, Jochen Christian; Zhang, Yelin (2017-03-09)
      We argue two alternative routes that lead entrepreneurial start-ups to acquisition outcomes instead of liquidation. On one hand, acquisitions can come about through the control route with external financers such as venture ...
    • Insight Private Equity 

      Gill, Andrej; Visnjic, Nikolai (2013-06-18)
      We are able to shed light on the black box of restructuring tools private equity investors use to improve the operational performance of their portfolio companies. By building on previous work considering performance ...
    • On the Impact of Leveraged Buyouts on Bank Systemic Risk 

      Grupp, Marcel (2015-04-01)
      Although banks are at the center of systemic risk, there are other institutions that contribute to it. With the publication of the leveraged lending guideline in March 2013, the U.S. regulators show that they are especially ...
    • Performance Benefits of Tight Control 

      Gill, Andrej; Visnjic, Nikolai (2013-06-18)
      This study investigates the transition from being a listed company with a dispersed ownership structure to being a privately held company with a concentrated ownership structure. We consider a sample of private equity ...
    • Regulation of Crowdfunding in Germany 

      Tröger, Tobias (2018-04-23)
      This paper is the national report for Germany prepared for the to the 20th General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law 2018 and gives an overview of the regulation of crowdfunding in Germany and the ...
    • Remarks on the German Regulation of Crowdfunding 

      Tröger, Tobias H. (2017-12-05)
      Crowdfunding is a buzzword that signifies a sub-set in the new forms of finance facilitated by advances in information technology usually categorized as fintech. Concerns for financial stability, investor and consumer ...
    • Taking the Lead: When Non-Banks Arrange Syndicated Loans 

      Grupp, Marcel (2015-04-01)
      In the mid-1990s, institutional investors entered the syndicated loan market and started to serve borrowers as lead arrangers. Why are non-banks able to compete for this role against banks? How do the composition of ...
    • The Effects of a Low Interest Rate Environment on Life Insurers 

      Berdin, Elia; Gründl, Helmut (2015-01-01)
      Low interest rates are becoming a threat to the stability of the life insurance industry, especially in countries such as Germany, where products with relatively high guaranteed returns sold in the past still represent a ...
    • The Influence of Leveraged Buyouts on Target Firms’ Competitors 

      Grupp, Marcel; Rauch, Christian; Umber, Marc P.; Walz, Uwe (2015-04-01)
      This paper analyzes the influence Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs) have on the operating performance of the LBO target companies’ direct competitors. A unique and hand-collected data set on LBOs in the United States in the period ...
    • The Power of ESG Ratings on Stock Markets 

      Latino, Carmelo; Pelizzon, Loriana; Rze?nik, Aleksandra (2021-03-10)
      This paper studies the impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings on investors’ preferences and stock prices. We exploit a change in ESG rating methodology that non-linearly shifted ESG ratings for firms ...
    • The Pricing Implications of Oligopolistic Securities Lending Market: A Beneficial Owner Perspective 

      Huszár, Zsuzsa R.; Simon, Zorka (2018-06-15)
      In the last decade, central bank interventions, flights to safety, and the shift in derivatives clearing resulted in exceptionally high demand for high quality liquid assets, such as German treasuries, in the securities ...
    • The salience of ESG ratings for stock pricing: Evidence from (potentially) confused investors 

      Rzeźnik, Aleksandra; Hanley, Kathleen Weiss; Pelizzon, Loriana (2021-10-08)
      We exploit a modification to Sustainalytics' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) rating methodology, which is subsequently adopted by Morningstar, to study whether ESG ratings are salient for stock pricing. We show ...