The recovery rate for retail and commercial customers in Germany: a look at collateral and its adjusted market values

Abstract Based on a unique data set of 909 defaulted retail and commercial (self-employed and SMEs) credit customers in Germany, whose original loans were made by 123 different banks, our article confirms a significant positive influence of collateral, and of amicable agreements between the debtor a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peter-Hendrik Ingermann, Frederik Hesse, Christian Bélorgey, Andreas Pfingsten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2016-03-01
Series:Business Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40685-016-0028-5