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Bootstrap method for calculating technical provisions for claims

Management Letters/Cuadernos de Gestión, 2018
Proper risk management is one of the main objectives in the insurance companies, the good assessment of uncertainty is one of the keys to success in this business sector, therefore, covers the object of our study.
Jessica Paule Vianez, Manuel Granado Sánchez, José Luis Coca Pérez   +2 more
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A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
wiley   +1 more source

Cramming down cross-border secured debt under the Insolvency Regulation and the Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency: laws in conflict or in development?

European Insolvency and Restructuring Journal
Article 8 of the European Insolvency Regulation provides creditors with security rights on assets located in another member state than where insolvency proceedings are opened with the remarkable position that the opening of the insolvency proceedings ...
Niels Pannevis
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A series of (un)fortunate events: Commercial bank interest rates and deposit reallocation during the Great Depression in the Netherlands

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract During the global economic crisis of 1929–33, deposits in the Dutch commercial banking sector sharply declined as funds shifted to the government‐guaranteed Post Office Savings Bank and other savings institutions. Unlike earlier studies for neighbouring countries, we demonstrate that this shift was driven less by a flight to safety and more by
Ruben Peeters, Amaury de Vicq de Cumptich   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
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Government support, regional well‐being, and the pivots of UK SMEs during a crisis

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Pivoting—a substantive transformation of the established business model (e.g., reformulation of goods, services, processes, or organizational methods in a new or significantly improved manner)—has emerged as a crisis response strategy of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs).
Chau M. Chu, Bach Nguyen
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Do Female Directors Protect Employee Pension Benefits? Evidence on the Nexus Between Pensions and Dividends

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether female directors influence firms' allocation of internal funds between dividend payments and defined benefit (DB) pension funding. Using FTSE All‐Share firms from 2007 to 2021, we find that companies with a higher proportion of female directors exhibit stronger pension funding positions and, overall, maintain ...
Zezeng Li, Erhan Kilincarslan
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The Liquidity Sprint: Short‐Term Cash Needs and Access to Credit

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We identify the causal drivers of the COVID‐19 ‘dash‐for‐cash’ in Europe using a hand‐collected panel of Euro‐area firms (2018‐Q4–2020‐Q3). Exploiting regional infection intensity as an instrument, we find that a one‐unit EBITDA decline raised credit‐line utilization by 15.5 percentage points in 2020‐Q2. Unlike the US ‘fallen‐angel’ narrative,
Mario Cerrato, Shengfeng Mei, Hormoz Ramian   +2 more
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Geopolitical Risk and Domestic Bank Deposits

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the relationship between global geopolitical risk and bank deposit flows across a wide panel of European countries. Motivated by the pivotal role of deposit stability for financial intermediation and systemic resilience, we explore whether geopolitical shocks alter depositors’ portfolio choices.
Dimitris Anastasiou, Theodore Kapopoulos, Steven Ongena, Athanasios Sakkas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL HARMONISING CERTAIN ASPECTS OF INSOLVENCY LAW - INTRODUCTORY ASPECTS [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society
Insolvency is an area inextricably linked to the evolution of investment, capital markets and the single market, the convergence of insolvency regimes at Member State level being a major concern of the European legislator.
Vasile NEMEȘ, Gabriela FIERBINȚEANU
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