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Als zentralem Bestandteil der internationalen Finanzarchitektur kommt dem Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) heutzutage immer öfter die Aufgabe zu, bei Verschuldungskrisen souveräner Staaten, insbesondere weit fortgeschrittener Schwellen- und Transformationsländer, als multilateraler...
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Mit der Schaffung des europäischen Versicherungsbinnenmarkteswurde 1994 auch der deutsche Versicherungsmarkt liberalisiert.Damit stehen seither den Unternehmen auf diesen Märkten mit derProduktgestaltung, der Prämienkalkulation und derRisikoklassifikation neue Wettbewerbsinstrumente zur...
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Im Fahrzeugbau und im Verkehrswesen hat die praktische Umsetzung von Ubiquitous Computing Technologien einen hohen Grad erreicht. Unter diesem Begriff ist die Ausstattung unterschiedlicher Gegenst?nde mit Prozessoren und Sensoren zu verstehen, welche in der Lage sind, Daten ?ber ihren eigenen...
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Theoretical research argues that convertible bonds mitigate the contracting costs of moral hazard, adverseselection, and financial distress. Using firm-specific and macroeconomic factors of the contracting costs,we examine the extent to which they impact the likelihood of issuance and the...
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We analyze whether fluctuation in economy-wide factors cause time-series variation in thecontracting costs of moral hazard, adverse selection, and financial distress, and so create windows ofopportunity for firms to issue debt. Using the announcement period abnormal returns as one measure of...
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Prior literature suggests two competing theories regarding the role of venture capitalists (VCs) in their portfolio companies. The VC monitoring hypothesis argues that VCs effectively resolve the managerial agency problem through close monitoring and restraining managers' earnings management...
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My study examines the relationship between principal and agent in a moral hazard setting where the principal has the ability to monitor the actions of the agent at an interim stage of the project. I show that monitoring can induce the agent to exert higher levels of effort and can result in a...
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We consider a risk averse entrepreneur who approaches a diversified venture capitalist (VC) for financing of a project with positive potential return. We develop several models that capture key features of the venture financing, including staged investment, VC oversight costs and agency...
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Obtaining health insurance through an employer pools risk, but may lead to moral hazard, where employees with more coverage seek care valued below cost, and adverse selection, where the unhealthy choose more generous plans, driving up premiums. In the first essay, I model the decision to choose...
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