Clas Wihlborg

Chapman University

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Trollhättan, 46186

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1.

The Euro Crisis: It Isn't Just Fiscal and it Doesn't Just Involve Greece

Claremont McKenna College Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Research Paper No. 2011-03
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 Mar 2011
Clas Wihlborg, Thomas D. Willett and Nan Zhang
Chapman University, Independent and Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University
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financial crisis, Euro currency, international debt

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Too Big to Fail and Too Big to Save: Dilemmas for Banking Reform

Number of pages: 95 Posted: 19 Dec 2015
James R. Barth and Clas Wihlborg
Auburn University and Chapman University
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financial crises, too big to fail, systemically important banks, Dodd-Frank Act, Financial Stability Board, regulation and supervision

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Financial Liberalization and Banking Crises: A Cross-Country Analysis

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 23 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2012
Apanard Penny Prabha, Wanvimol Sawangngoenyuang and Clas Wihlborg
University of Illinois at Springfield, Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate University and Chapman University
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Banking Crisis, Financial Liberalization, Capital Regulation and Supervision

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Corporate Distress and Restructuring with Macroeconomic Fluctuations: The Cases of GM and Ford

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Corporate Distress and Restructuring with Macroeconomic Fluctuations: The Cases of GM and Ford

Journal of Applied Finance, 2012, IFN Working Paper No. 780
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2013
Lars Oxelheim and Clas Wihlborg
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Chapman University
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credit risk, creditworthiness, Z-scores, default predictions, GM, Ford, restructuring

Corporate Distress and Restructuring with Macroeconomic Fluctuations: The Cases of GM and Ford

Journal of Applied Finance (Formerly Financial Practice and Education), Vol. 22, No. 1, 2012
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 17 Nov 2015
Lars Oxelheim and Clas Wihlborg
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Chapman University
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Corporate Distress and Restructuring with Macroeconomic Fluctuations: The Cases of GM and Ford

Journal of Applied Finance, Spring/Summer 2012, Volume 22, Issue 1, pp. 70-87
Posted: 29 Jul 2012
Lars Oxelheim and Clas Wihlborg
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Chapman University

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Credit risk, distressed securities, macroeconomic factors, default, GM, Ford

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Deposit Insurance Coverage, Ownership, and Banks' Risk-Taking in Emerging Markets

Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 201-386, March 2010
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 16 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2010
Apanard Penny Prabha and Clas Wihlborg
University of Illinois at Springfield and Chapman University
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Deposit Insurance, Non-performing Loans, Market Discipline, Bank Ownership, Bank Governance

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Recognizing Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Value Based Management

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 15, No. 4, 2003, Research Institute of Industrial Economics Working Paper No. 574
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 May 2010
Lars Oxelheim and Clas Wihlborg
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Chapman University
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Value Based Management (VBM) , Shareholder Value Analysis (SVA), Economic Value Added (EVA), Performance Measurement, Macroeconomic Fluctuations, Bonus System

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The Dodd-Frank Act: Key Features, Implementation Progress, and Financial System Impact

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Sep 2014
James R. Barth, Apanard Penny Prabha and Clas Wihlborg
Auburn University, University of Illinois at Springfield and Chapman University
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Dodd-Frank, Financial Crisis, Financial Stability, Financial Regulation

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The Impact of Bankruptcy Rules on Risky Project Choice and Skill Formation Under Credit Rationing

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 May 2002
Shubhashis Gangopadhyay and Clas Wihlborg
India Development Foundation and Chapman University
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Bankruptcy rules, credit rationing, project choice

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Origins and Resolution of Financial Crises; Lessons from the Current and Northern European Crises

Asian Economic Papers, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 178-220, Fall 2009, IFN Working Paper No. 796
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 May 2009 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2011
Finn Ostrup, Lars Oxelheim and Clas Wihlborg
Copenhagen Business School, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Chapman University
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financial crisis, institutional failure, insolvency procedures, contagion, systemic effects, macroeconomic shock, financial crisis management, Swedish model

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Deposit Insurance, Risk-Taking and Banking Crises: Is there a Risk-Minimizing Level of Deposit Insurance Coverage?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 Nov 2008
Apanard Penny Prabha and Clas Wihlborg
University of Illinois at Springfield and Chapman University
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Deposit Insurance, Risk-taking, Risk-shifting, Market Discipline, Banking Crises

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Executive Compensation and Macroeconomic Fluctuations

MARKETS AND COMPENSATION FOR EXECUTIVES IN EUROPE, Oxelheim, L. and C. Wihlborg, eds., Bingley: Emerald Publishing, 2008, IFN Working Paper No. 746
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2020
Lars Oxelheim, Clas Wihlborg and Jianhua Zhang
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Chapman University and University of Gothenburg - School of Business, Economics and Law
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Executive Compensation, Macroeconomic Factors, Cash Compensation

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Too Big to Fail: Measures, Remedies, and Consequences for Efficiency and Stability

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 21 Sep 2016
James R. Barth and Clas Wihlborg
Auburn University and Chapman University
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How to Avoid Compensating CEO for Luck: The Case of Macroeconomic Fluctuations

Thomas, R and J. Hill (eds.), Research Handbook on Executive Pay. London: Edgar Elgar Publishing, Forthcoming, IFN Working Paper No. 842
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2013
Lars Oxelheim, Clas Wihlborg and Jianhua Zhang
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Chapman University and University of Gothenburg - School of Business, Economics and Law
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Executive compensation, luck, salary, bonus, option, pension, macroeconomic uncertainty, macroeconomic factor

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Corporate Insolvency Procedures and Bank Behavior: A Study of Selected Asian Economies

IMF Working Paper No. 99/135
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Feb 2006
Qaizar Hussain and Clas Wihlborg
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Chapman University
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Insolvency procedures, Bankruptcy, Capital structure, Shareholder concentration, Firm performance, Asian crisis

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What Makes High Credit Growth Harmful? Evidence from Banking Crises

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Dec 2012
Puspa Delima Amri, Puspa Delima Amri, Apanard Penny Prabha and Clas Wihlborg
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate UniversityDepartment of Economics Ithaca College, University of Illinois at Springfield and Chapman University
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Banking Crises, Credit Growth, Leverage, Financial Liberalization, Capital Regulation and Supervision

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International Comparisons of Bank Regulation, Liberalization, and Banking Crises

Journal of Financial Economic Policy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 02 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2012
Puspa Delima Amri, Puspa Delima Amri, Apanard Penny Prabha and Clas Wihlborg
Claremont Colleges - Claremont Graduate UniversityDepartment of Economics Ithaca College, University of Illinois at Springfield and Chapman University
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banking crisis definition, domestic and external financial liberalization, credit growth, measures of bank regulation

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Financial Synergies and the Organization of Bank Affiliates: A Theoretical Perspective on Risk and Efficiency

ICER Working Paper No. 6/2013
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 15 May 2013 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2015
Elisa Luciano and Clas Wihlborg
University of Turin - Department of Statistics and Applied Mathematics and Chapman University
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bank organization, bank risk, financial synergies, endogenous leverage in banking, default costs, bailouts

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The CFO’s Information Challenge in Managing Macroeconomic Risk

IFN Working Paper No. 847
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2023
Lars Oxelheim, Clas Wihlborg and Marcus Thorsheim
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Chapman University and Lund University - Lund Institute of Economic Research
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Risk Management Strategy, Macroeconomic Risk, Integrated Risk Management, Chief Financial Officer, Information Needs, Corporate Strategy, Financial Risk, Real Options

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Market Discipline for Financial Institutions and Markets for Information

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Jul 2011
Apanard Penny Prabha, Clas Wihlborg and Thomas D. Willett
University of Illinois at Springfield, Chapman University and Independent
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Developing Distress Resolution Procedures for Financial Institution

SUERF Studies, Autumn 2012
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 May 2012 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2012
Clas Wihlborg
Chapman University
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Bank insolvency, crisis resolution, contagion

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Implicit Guarantees, Business Models and Banks’ Risk-Taking Through the Crisis: Global and European Perspectives

Journal of Economics and Business, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Jan 2014
Apanard Penny Prabha and Clas Wihlborg
University of Illinois at Springfield and Chapman University
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Implicit Guarantee, Financial Crisis, Globally Systemically Important Banks, Too-Big-To-Fail, Interbank Liabilities, Subordinated Debt, Market Discipline, Regulation and Supervision

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Exchange Rate and Macroeconomic Fluctuations as Sources of Luck in CEO Compensation

Midwest Finance Association 2012 Annual Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 18 Sep 2011
Clas Wihlborg, Hsin-Hui Chiu, Lars Oxelheim and Jianhua Zhang
Chapman University, California State University, Northridge, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and University of Gothenburg - School of Business, Economics and Law
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CEO Compensation, Exchange Rates, Performance, Macroeconomic Factors, Luck

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Asymmetry of CEO Compensation and the Role of Relative and Macroeconomic Shocks in Risk Taking Incentives

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Oct 2015
Hsin-Hui Chiu, Lars Oxelheim, Clas Wihlborg and Jianhua Zhang
California State University, Northridge, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Chapman University and University of Gothenburg - School of Business, Economics and Law
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Macroeconomic Fluctuations, Luck, Performance, CEO Compensation, Asymmetry, Risk Incentives

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Soft Information Production and Investment in Specific Assets

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Nov 2018
Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, Radhika Lunawat and Clas Wihlborg
India Development Foundation, University of California, Irvine - Accounting Area and Chapman University
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Soft Information, Information Quality, Investment in Specific Asset, Project Termination, Revoking Debt Contract

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The Impact of Monetary Regimes on International Trade: Are EU Experiences Relevant for Asia?

Review of Market Integration, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Dec 2009
Clas Wihlborg and Apanard Penny Prabha
Chapman University and University of Illinois at Springfield
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Exports, Monetary Regimes, Exchange Rate Regimes, European Monetary Union

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Macroeconomic Fluctuations as Sources of Luck in CEO Compensation

23rd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2010 Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2013
Hsin-Hui Chiu, Lars Oxelheim, Clas Wihlborg and Jianhua Zhang
California State University, Northridge, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Chapman University and University of Gothenburg - School of Business, Economics and Law
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Macroeconomic, Luck, Performance, CEO Compensation

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Institutional Competition as an Alternative Mechanism for Harmonization in Monetary and Banking Unions

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Nov 2014
sarkis Khoury and Clas Wihlborg
Independent and Chapman University
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Institutional Competition, Harmonization, Monetary Union, Banking Union

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Cross-Border Banking in Subsidiaries and Branches; Organization, Supervision and Resolution

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FINANCIAL GLOBALIZATION, Gerard Caprio, ed., Elsevier, 2012
Posted: 29 Jul 2011
Apanard Penny Prabha and Clas Wihlborg
University of Illinois at Springfield and Chapman University

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Insider Trading with Costly Information Acquisition

Revision of study 1992:11
Posted: 03 Jul 1998
Lars Goren Larsson and Clas Wihlborg
Gothenburg University and Chapman University

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Property Prices, Macroeconomic Policy and Finance in the United States

1994:11
Posted: 26 May 1998
Michael M. Hutchison and Clas Wihlborg
University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and Chapman University

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Searching the Gains from a Monetary Union

Gothenburg University Working Paper 1996:3
Posted: 14 Apr 1997
Clas Wihlborg
Chapman University

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Preconditions for Liberalization of Capital Flows: A Review and Interpretation

Gothenburg University WP 1996:4
Posted: 10 Apr 1997
Clas Wihlborg and Kalman Dezseri
Chapman University and Institute for World Economics

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Exchange Rate Regimes and International Trade

Gothenburg University WP 1996:2
Posted: 03 Apr 1997
Clas Wihlborg and Reuven Glick
Chapman University and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - Center for Pacific Basin Monetary & Economic Studies

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Capital Account Liberalization and Policy Incentives: An Endogenous Policy View

Gothenburg University WP 1996:5
Posted: 03 Apr 1997
Clas Wihlborg and Thomas D. Willet
Chapman University and Claremont Graduate School

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