Essays in financial economics

This thesis investigates moral hazard problems and issues related to banks' risk-taking; it delivers implications with regard to prudential regulation, dynamic incentive contracts, and capital structure. In the first chapter, I develop a continuous-time model in which a principal hires an agent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lepore, Caterina
Other Authors: Biffis, Enrico
Published: Imperial College London 2016
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.733110