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parity (CIP) condition between the US dollar and the euro through the foreign exchange (FX) swap market. Sharp and persistent …
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This paper investigates the relative role of price discovery between two long-term swap contracts that exchange U ….S. dollars for Japanese yen - the cross-currency basis swap and the foreign exchange (FX) swap - using structural state space … models. Our main findings are that: (i) the currency swap market plays a much more dominant role in price discovery than... …
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This paper investigates the relationship between short-term interest rates and bank risk. Using a unique database that includes quarterly balance sheet information for listed banks operating in the European Union and the United States in the last decade, we find evidence that unusually low...
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In this paper we propose a framework for measuring and stress testing the systemic risk of a group of major financial institutions. The systemic risk is measured by the price of insurance against financial distress, which is based on ex ante measures of default probabilities of individual banks...
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Why should risk management systems account for parameter uncertainty? In order to answer this question, this paper lets an investor in a credit portfolio face non-diversifiable estimation-driven uncertainty about two parameters: probability of default and asset-return correlation. Bayesian...
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Banks and other lenders often transfer credit risk to liberate capital for further loan intermediation. This paper aims to explore the design, prevalence and effectiveness of credit risk transfer (CRT). The focus is on the costs and benefits for the efficiency and stability of the financial...
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