Purpose This paper aims to examine how proportional appropriation systems affect the quality of financial reporting in entities controlled by local governments. Design/methodology/approach The authors examine this issue using the setting of Italian municipally owned entities (MOEs) following the...

We address the problem of clearing mutual obligations among agents when a financial network collapses. To do so, we adopt an axiomatic approach and provide the first comprehensive characterization of the rules based on the principle of proportionality, covering the entire domain of financial...

When a financial network collapses, how should mutual obligations among all agents be cleared? We study this problem taking an axiomatic approach and provide the first characterization of the family of rules based on the principle of proportionality in the entire domain of financial systems. A...

In this paper, we consider the ruin probability minimization of an insurance company that buys proportional reinsurance and invests in markets where borrowing is constrained. We use a diffusion approximation model for the surplus process of this company and assume that the company invests its...

Given a set of agents with approval preferences over each other, we study the task of finding k matchings fairly representing everyone's preferences. To formalize fairness, we apply the concept of proportional representation as studied in approval-based multiwinner elections. To this end, we...

Given a set of agents with approval preferences over each other, we study the task of finding k matchings fairly representing everyone's preferences. To formalize fairness, we apply the concept of proportional representation as studied in approval-based multiwinner elections. To this end, we...

Dieser Artikel beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, ob kleine Banken durch die in der Folge der Finanzkrisen intensivierte Regulierung der Banken überproportional belastet werden. Dazu untersuchen wir empirisch die Validität des häufig vorgebrachten Arguments, dass kleine lokale Banken die durch...