Capital Assets Crisis

Author : Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781616405410

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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report by Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Pdf

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, published by the U.S. Government and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in early 2011, is the official government report on the United States financial collapse and the review of major financial institutions that bankrupted and failed, or would have without help from the government. The commission and the report were implemented after Congress passed an act in 2009 to review and prevent fraudulent activity. The report details, among other things, the periods before, during, and after the crisis, what led up to it, and analyses of subprime mortgage lending, credit expansion and banking policies, the collapse of companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the federal bailouts of Lehman and AIG. It also discusses the aftermath of the fallout and our current state. This report should be of interest to anyone concerned about the financial situation in the U.S. and around the world.THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION is an independent, bi-partisan, government-appointed panel of 10 people that was created to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States." It was established as part of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. The commission consisted of private citizens with expertise in economics and finance, banking, housing, market regulation, and consumer protection. They examined and reported on "the collapse of major financial institutions that failed or would have failed if not for exceptional assistance from the government."News Dissector DANNY SCHECHTER is a journalist, blogger and filmmaker. He has been reporting on economic crises since the 1980's when he was with ABC News. His film In Debt We Trust warned of the economic meltdown in 2006. He has since written three books on the subject including Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books, 2008), and The Crime Of Our Time: Why Wall Street Is Not Too Big to Jail (Disinfo Books, 2011), a companion to his latest film Plunder The Crime Of Our Time. He can be reached online at www.newsdissector.com.

Author : Miles Kahler
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0719056497

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Capital Flows and Financial Crises by Miles Kahler Pdf

Capital flows to the developing economies have long displayed a boom-and-bust pattern. However, rarely has the cycle turned as abruptly as it did in the 1990s, when the surges in lending were followed by the Mexican peso crisis of 1994-95, and the sudden collapse of currencies in Asia in 1997 and 1998. The volume maps an uncertain financial landscape in which volatile private capital flows and fragile banking systems produce sudden reversals of fortune for governments and economies. This environment creates dilemmas for both national policy-makers who confront the mixed blessing of capital inflows and the international institutions that manage the recurrent crises.

Author : Ouarda Merrouche,Ms.Enrica Detragiache,Asli Demirgüç-Kunt
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781455210930

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Bank Capital by Ouarda Merrouche,Ms.Enrica Detragiache,Asli Demirgüç-Kunt Pdf

Using a multi-country panel of banks, we study whether better capitalized banks experienced higher stock returns during the financial crisis. We differentiate among various types of capital ratios: the Basel risk-adjusted ratio; the leverage ratio; the Tier I and Tier II ratios; and the tangible equity ratio. We find several results: (i) before the crisis, differences in capital did not have much impact on stock returns; (ii) during the crisis, a stronger capital position was associated with better stock market performance, most markedly for larger banks; (iii) the relationship between stock returns and capital is stronger when capital is measured by the leverage ratio rather than the risk-adjusted capital ratio; (iv) higher quality forms of capital, such as Tier 1 capital and tangible common equity, were more relevant.

Author : Mr.Alberto M. Ramos
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451854350

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Capital Structures and Portfolio Composition During Banking Crisis by Mr.Alberto M. Ramos Pdf

This paper constructs a theoretical framework that rationalizes banks’ short- and long-run adjustment dynamics—in portfolio composition and in the capital structure—following a period of financial distress. The model captures stylized facts about banks’ behavior following a shock to the capital base—namely, the rush to liquidity and credit crunch. Bank panel data show that Argentine domestic retail banks underwent a period of adjustment of six quarters following the Mexican devaluation crisis, reducing their risk-exposure since, owing to bank capital scarcity, depositors became less prone to tolerate bank default risk. Foreign-owned banks suffered a milder shock and adjusted immediately.

Author : Mr.Luc Laeven,Harry Huizinga
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451873542

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Accounting discretion of banks during a financial crisis by Mr.Luc Laeven,Harry Huizinga Pdf

This paper shows that banks use accounting discretion to overstate the value of distressed assets. Banks' balance sheets overvalue real estate-related assets compared to the market value of these assets, especially during the U.S. mortgage crisis. Share prices of banks with large exposure to mortgage-backed securities also react favorably to recent changes in accounting rules that relax fair-value accounting, and these banks provision less for bad loans. Furthermore, distressed banks use discretion in the classification of mortgage-backed securities to inflate their books. Our results indicate that banks' balance sheets offer a distorted view of the financial health of the banks.

Author : Mr.Sonali Das,Mr.Amadou N. R. Sy
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781463933791

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How Risky Are Banks' Risk Weighted Assets? Evidence From the Financial Crisis by Mr.Sonali Das,Mr.Amadou N. R. Sy Pdf

We study how investors account for the riskiness of banks' risk-weighted assets (RWA) by examining the determinants of stock returns and market measures of risk. We find that banks with higher RWA had lower stock returns over the US and European crises. This relationship is weaker in Europe where banks can use Basel II internal risk models. For large banks, investors paid less attention to RWA and rewarded instead lower wholesale funding and better asset quality. RWA do not, in general, predict market measures of risk although there is evidence of a positive relationship before the US crisis which becomes negative afterwards.

Author : Willi Semmler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642206801

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Asset Prices, Booms and Recessions by Willi Semmler Pdf

The financial market melt-down of the years 2007-2009 has posed great challenges for studies on financial economics. This financial economics text focuses on the dynamic interaction of financial markets and economic activity. The financial market to be studied here encompasses the money and bond market, credit market, stock market and foreign exchange market; economic activity includes the actions and interactions of firms, banks, households, governments and countries. The book shows how economic activity affects asset prices and the financial market, and how asset prices and financial market volatility and crises impact economic activity. The book offers extensive coverage of new and advanced topics in financial economics such as the term structure of interest rates, credit derivatives and credit risk, domestic and international portfolio theory, multi-agent and evolutionary approaches, capital asset pricing beyond consumption-based models, and dynamic portfolio decisions. Moreover a completely new section of the book is dedicated to the recent financial market meltdown of the years 2007-2009. Emphasis is placed on empirical evidence relating to episodes of financial instability and financial crises in the U.S. and in Latin American, Asian and Euro-area countries. Overall, the book explains what researchers and practitioners in the financial sector need to know about the financial-real interaction, and what practitioners and policy makers need to know about the financial market.

Author : Riccardo Bellofiore,Giovanna Vertova
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857938534

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The Great Recession and the Contradictions of Contemporary Capitalism by Riccardo Bellofiore,Giovanna Vertova Pdf

The current crisis is one of the great crises punctuating the long history of capitalism, and to be properly understood it is vital to take into account its ongoing structural transformation. This book offers plural perspectives on the Great Recession,

Author : Mr.Sonali Das
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484318171

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The Effect of Leverage on Asset Sales Between Financial Institutions by Mr.Sonali Das Pdf

This paper analyzes how the leverage of financial institutions affects their demand for assets and the resulting value of transactions between financial institutions. The results show a positive relationship between buyer capital and the likelihood of buying assets, and between buyer capital and the value of the deal. That is, those institutions that are the least constrained in their ability to raise funding are those that demand assets and pay more for them. This result does not hold, however, for deposit-taking institutions that had access to several government programs designed to improve their liquidity position during the crisis of 2008.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Bank capital
ISBN : 9789291316694

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International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carol Yeh-Yun Lin,Leif Edvinsson,Jeffrey Chen,Tord Beding
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461495369

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National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden by Carol Yeh-Yun Lin,Leif Edvinsson,Jeffrey Chen,Tord Beding Pdf

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many countries out of a financial freefall, most economies have performed beneath pre-recession levels as governments continued to struggle with their finances. Examining the financial crisis from the viewpoint of intangible assets provides a different perspective from traditional economic approaches. National Intellectual Capital (NIC), comprised mainly of human capital, market capital, process capital, renewal capital, and financial capital, is a valuable intangible asset and a key source of national competitive advantage in today’s knowledge economy. The authors—pioneers in the field—present extensive data and a rigorous conceptual framework to analyze the connections between the global financial crisis and NIC development. Covering the period from 2005 to 2010 across 48 countries, the authors establish a positive correlation between NIC and GDP per capita and consider the impact of NIC investment for short-term recovery and long-term risk control and strategy formulation. Each volume in a series of SpringerBriefs on NIC and the financial crisis provides in-depth coverage of the impact of the crisis, the aftermath, future prospects, and policy implications for a regional cluster. This volume focuses on Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Author : Carol Yeh-Yun Lin,Leif Edvinsson,Jeffrey Chen,Tord Beding
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461459842

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National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan by Carol Yeh-Yun Lin,Leif Edvinsson,Jeffrey Chen,Tord Beding Pdf

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many countries out of a financial freefall, most economies have performed beneath pre-recession levels as governments continued to struggle with their finances. Examining the financial crisis from the viewpoint of intangible assets provides a different perspective from traditional economic approaches. National Intellectual Capital (NIC), comprised mainly of human capital, market capital, process capital, renewal capital, and financial capital, is a valuable intangible asset and a key source of national competitive advantage in today’s knowledge economy. The authors—pioneers in the field—present extensive data and a rigorous conceptual framework to analyze the connections between the global financial crisis and NIC development. Covering the period from 2005 to 2010 across 48 countries, the authors establish a positive correlation between NIC and GDP per capita and consider the impact of NIC investment for short-term recovery and long-term risk control and strategy formulation. Each volume in a series of SpringerBriefs on NIC and the financial crisis provides in-depth coverage of the impact of the crisis, the aftermath, future prospects, and policy implications for a regional cluster. This volume focuses on China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan.

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781498335751

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Crisis-Related Measures in the Financial System and Sovereign Balance Sheet Risks by International Monetary Fund Pdf

This paper examines the fiscal and financial risk implications of support measures in a sovereign balance sheet framework, making the point that the ultimate fiscal cost will depend on how balance sheets are managed—both in the near-term and as governments develop unwinding strategies. It suggests some key principles for efficient and transparent management of new assets, liabilities, and associated risks, and for moving toward an orderly disengagement.

Author : Carol Yeh-Yun Lin,Leif Edvinsson,Jeffrey Chen,Tord Beding
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461460893

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National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Brazil, Russia, India, China, Korea, and South Africa by Carol Yeh-Yun Lin,Leif Edvinsson,Jeffrey Chen,Tord Beding Pdf

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many countries out of a financial freefall, most economies have performed beneath pre-recession levels as governments continued to struggle with their finances. Examining the financial crisis from the viewpoint of intangible assets provides a different perspective from traditional economic approaches. National Intellectual Capital (NIC), comprised mainly of human capital, market capital, process capital, renewal capital, and financial capital, is a valuable intangible asset and a key source of national competitive advantage in today’s knowledge economy. The authors—pioneers in the field—present extensive data and a rigorous conceptual framework to analyze the connections between the global financial crisis and NIC development. Covering the period from 2005 to 2010 across 48 countries, the authors establish a positive correlation between NIC and GDP per capita and consider the impact of NIC investment for short-term recovery and long-term risk control and strategy formulation. Each volume in a series of SpringerBriefs on NIC and the financial crisis provides in-depth coverage of the impact of the crisis, the aftermath, future prospects, and policy implications for a regional cluster. This volume focuses on the BRICKS—Brazil, Russia, India, China, Korea, and South Africa.

Author : Carol Yeh-Yun Lin,Leif Edvinsson,Jeffrey Chen,Tord Beding
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461479819

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National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Israel, Jordan, South Africa, and Turkey by Carol Yeh-Yun Lin,Leif Edvinsson,Jeffrey Chen,Tord Beding Pdf

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many countries out of a financial freefall, most economies have performed beneath pre-recession levels as governments continued to struggle with their finances. Examining the financial crisis from the viewpoint of intangible assets provides a different perspective from traditional economic approaches. National Intellectual Capital (NIC), comprised mainly of human capital, market capital, process capital, renewal capital, and financial capital, is a valuable intangible asset and a key source of national competitive advantage in today’s knowledge economy. The authors—pioneers in the field—present extensive data and a rigorous conceptual framework to analyze the connections between the global financial crisis and NIC development. Covering the period from 2005 to 2010 across 48 countries, the authors establish a positive correlation between NIC and GDP per capita and consider the impact of NIC investment for short-term recovery and long-term risk control and strategy formulation. Each volume in a series of SpringerBriefs on NIC and the financial crisis provides in-depth coverage of the impact of the crisis, the aftermath, future prospects, and policy implications for a regional cluster. This volume focuses on Israel, Jordan, South Africa, and Turkey.