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Wybrane problemy ubezpieczenia społecznego z tytułu niezdolności do pracy z powodu choroby
2017
Sickness insurance is part of the universal social insurance system, which is an expression of the legislator's implementation of the obligations imposed on the said in art. 67 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. Sickness insurance protects against certain social risks. The subject of this study is the risk of work incapacity due to illness. The issue of being subject to sickness insurance, which is the subject of systemic regulation (obligatory and voluntary insurance), is discussed. The issues presented in the article cover matters related to sickness benefit. The aspect of the so-called waiting period as a condition of acquiring the benefit rights, as well as the question of l…
Persistency of window dressing practices in the US repo markets after the GFC: The unexplored role of the deposit insurance premium
2022
We investigate whether the regulatory improvements made in the aftermath of the global financial crisis have been effective in limiting bank downward window dressing by means of repos in the United States. We find that a strict application of the Basel III regulation wipes out incentives to engage in window dressing to bolster the level of leverage Tier 1 ratio at quarter-end. We also show that the persistency of window dressing is related to the computation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation assessment base, which motivates banks to engage in window dressing to reduce the deposit insurance premium.