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This report presents a long-term view of the evolution of financing of EU non-financial corporations (NFCs) in recent decades. It finds a decline in NFC leverage since at least 2008, and across countries, size categories and industries. It also documents a growing role of non-bank financial...
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By using an existing and a new convergence measure, this paper assesses whether bank loan and bond interest rates are … converging for the non-financial corporate sector across the euro area. Whilst we find evidence for complete bond market …
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This paper empirically analyzes the call timing of callable bonds to see how refunding opportunity, cost of financial distress, agency cost of debt, and private information affect the call decision. The empirical results show that firms issue callable bonds, convertible or not, to enjoy future...
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This work describes the legal structuring of a mortgage covered bond in accordance with the regulations of paragraphs … rights of the bond holders according to the regulations of the German Statue Governing Common Rights of Owners of Debt … Securities (Schuldverschreibungsgesetz). Furthermore, the work describes how the bond creditors shall have preferences of the …
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. Nonetheless, the average CDS-bond basis (i.e. the difference between both measures) is positive in the period 2004-2005. We detect …
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This paper aims to unify exotic option closed formulas by generalizing a large class of existing formulas and by setting a framework that allows for further generalizations. The formula presented covers options from the plain vanilla to most, if not all, mountain range exotic options and is...
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The art market has seen boom and bust during the last years and, despite the downturn, has received more attention from investors given the low interest environment following the financial crisis. However, participation has been reserved for a few investors and the hedging of exposures remains...
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factor. This upper boundary ensures the efficiency of the stock price as well as the bond price process. It turned out that …
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There is much discussion about derivatives at central banks. The main focus is on questions about the impact of the growing use of derivative instruments on the stability of the financial markets and the effectiveness ofmonetary policy measures. Irrespective ofthe answers, the information...
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