Over the course of the past few years, too much credit has been made available worldwide, due to financial innovation, overly optimistic expectations and loophole-ridden regulation. Regulatory supervisors have failed because they were unable to prevent this situation. Things took a bad turn...

Dutch Abstract: Marktwaarde gewogen indexen mogen zich al jaren in grote belangstelling verheugen. Doordat actief beheerde aandelenmandaten regelmatig teleurstelden, gaven steeds meer professionele en particuliere beleggers de voorkeur aan goedkope beleggingsproducten die de traditionele,...

Serbian Abstract: Korporativno upravljanje se može shvatiti kao skup mehanizama, koji treba da omoguće zadovoljenje interesa akcionara i ostalih stejkholdera, putem usmeravanja i kontrole menadžerskih aktivnosti. Ono treba da olakša komunikaciju i rešavanje konflikata između akcionara (kao...

The 1994 Northridge earthquake sent ripples to insurance conpanies everywhere. This was one in a series of natural disasters such as Hurricane Andrew which together with the problems in Lloyd's of London have insurance companies running for cover. This paper presents a calibration of the U.S....

In this paper the relationship between stock prices and house prices is analysed for six countries over the years 1976-2001. We find that both asset prices show a positive long-term relationship, which can partly be explained by common macro-economic factors such as credit, consumption and...

Serbian Abstract: Prva ozbiljna istraživanja problema realnih (upravljački) opcija inicirana su ekonomskom krizom u SAD tokom 1980 – ih godina. U traganju za uzrocima krize, ekonomska nauka je pažljivo analizirala način upravljanja i vođenja američkih kompanija. Istraživanja su pokazala...