Review of Studies on the Relationship between Trading Volume and Stock Returns -- Data and Methodology -- Results: Trading Volume and the Cross-Sectional Variation of Stock Returns -- Results: Time-Stability of Portfolio Returns -- Results: Economic Significance of Volume-Return Relations --...

The dramatic collapse in world trade in 2009 is, this report shows, mainly due to: the drop in demand for highly traded products; the drying up of trade finance; and the vertically integrated nature of global supply chains. Contrary to expectations, protectionist measures were relatively muted and...

Risk management : preparing for the unexpected -- Good governance : managing internal risk -- Interest rates : paying for risk -- Microinsurance : anticipating client risks -- Progressive housing microfinance : building one room at a time -- Microleasing : overcoming equipment-financing barriers...

Finanzintermediäre können eine portfoliotheoretisch motivierte Optimierung ihres Buchkreditportefeuilles nur unter der Bedingung realisieren, dass die Kreditrisiken am Sekundärmarkt handelbar sind. Mit Kreditverkäufen, Kreditverbriefungen und Kreditderivaten haben sich die Möglichkeiten...