Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

  1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2015

    What Kinds of Bank-Client Relationships Matter in Reducing Loan Defaults and Why?

    The value of bank relationships is typically thought to arise from repeat lending. However, relationships can be of many kinds, e.g., they could be non-credit based marked by a simple savings or checking…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2015

    Does the Lack of Financial Stability Impair the Transmission of Monetary Policy?

    We investigate the transmission of central bank liquidity to bank deposit and loan spreads in Europe over the January 2006 to June 2010 period. We find evidence consistent with an impaired transmission channel…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2015

    Covenant Violations, Loan Contracting, and Default Risk of Bank Borrowers

    Are borrowers rewarded for repaying their loans? This paper investigates the consequences of covenant violations on subsequent loans to the same borrower using a hand-collected sample of US syndicated loans…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2015

    Zero Risk Contagion - Banks' Sovereign Exposure and Sovereign Risk Spillovers

    We investigate whether the application of risk weights impairs financial stability. Zero risk weight regulation associated with euro-denominated sovereign debt creates a “sovereign subsidy” for European banks,…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2015

    The "Greatest" Carry Trade Ever? Understanding Eurozone Bank Risks

    We show that eurozone bank risks during 2007-2013 can be understood as carry trade behavior. Bank equity returns load positively on peripheral (Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, or GIIPS) bond returns and…

  6. ZEWnews English edition // 2015

    11/12 - 2015

    • Top Ten Digital Economies – United States in the Lead, Germany in Mid-Range
    • The University Degree Attainment Indicator is Not Suitable for International Comparison
    • Taxation in the Far East – Why the Asia-Pacific…

Further Publications

ZEW Financial Market Survey

German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report)