The paper's analysis underscores the importance of the ongoing Financial Stability Board-led process of identifying policy options, involving national authorities and the International Organization of Securities Commissions and other standard setters. In this context, the global nature of the...

The basic worldwide financial safety net architecture provides for a system of similar institutions: a lender of last resort, deposit insurance, and prudential regulation. In countries whose banking systems suffer seriously from negative capital positions and overbanking, such as in some Latin...

Untersuchungsgegenstand des Projekts sind die Übertragungsmechanismen (contagion) der Risiken in Finanzsystemen durch Verhaltenssymmetrien (z.B. durch Risikomodelle und ihre regulierte Umsetzung), Intransparenz (z.B. über Beteiligungsgesellschaften etwa im Bereich Private Equity) und Moral...