Der seit 2000 anhaltende Einbruch der Aktienmärkte und die Rekordschäden des Jahres 2001 begünstigen einen zyklischen Aufstieg des Nichtleben-Versicherungsgeschäfts mit weltweit steigenden Preisen. Versicherungsunternehmen sind angesichts der schwachen Erträge ihrer Kapitalanlagen und der...

Demand for ART products is growing, according to Swiss Re's latest sigma study, The picture of ART, particularly in areas where traditional risk transfer is either expensive or unavailable. The report creates transparency in a market segment that has rapidly grown in complexity over recent...

Purpose – Derivatives are important risk management tools widely used by financial institutions, including insurers. Insurers rely on derivatives for managing actuarial, market, credit as well as liquidity risks. There is lack of knowledge and publication about the recent use of derivatives by...

Previous work has claimed that monopoly power facilitates the provision of credit, because monopolists are better able to enforce payment. Here, we argue that if relationship-specific investments are required by borrowers to establish creditworthiness, monopoly power may reduce credit provision...

The authors use firm-level data from Indian manufacturing industries to explore the determinants of exports, focusing on the role played by technology. The empirical analysis, which distinguishes between a firm's decision to export and the volume of its exports conditional on its having decided...

Previous work has claimed that monopoly power facilitates the provision of credit, since monopolists are better able to enforce payment. Here, we argue that if relationship-specific investments are required by borrowers to establish creditworthiness, monopoly power may reduce credit provision...