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This paper evaluates empirically the performance of six structural credit risk models by comparing the probabilities of default (PDs) they deliver to ex post default rates. In contrast to previous studies pursuing similar objectives, the paper employs firm-level data and finds that theory-based...
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The issue of monetary policy and asset prices has been receiving much attention not only because it is an interesting topic for macroeconomists but also because central banks have faced daunting challenges from large swings in various types of asset prices. To some extent, the achievement of a...
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Three of the most important recent facts in global macroeconomics - the sustained rise in the US current account deficit, the stubborn decline in long run real rates, and the rise in the share of US assets in global portfolio - appear as anomalies from the perspective of conventional wisdom and...
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Do public policy signals improve the alignment of market outcomes with economic fundamentals? Existing work contends that, when individual players have an incentive to coordinate their actions, public policy signals could steer these actions away from the fundamentals. We argue that such a...
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We examine the liquidity effects of the euro area sovereign debt crisis, including its effects on euro area banks as a … group, on intra-euro area financial flows, on the supply of and demand for collateral, and on international liquidity. The … deficit countries and its collateral policy. The euro crisis has also created international liquidity stresses. We find that …
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This paper studies the choice between building liquidity buffers and raising funding ex post, to deal with liquidity … shocks. We uncover the possibility of an inefficient liquidity squeeze equilibrium. Agents typically choose to build smaller … liquidity buffers when they expect cheap funding. However, when agents hold smaller liquidity buffers, they can raise less …
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This paper explores the pricing of debt in a financial system where the assets that borrowers hold to meet their obligations include claims against other borrowers. Assessing financial claims in a system context captures features that are missing in a partial equilibrium setting. It is possible...
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The recent financial crisis has triggered a major rethink of analytical approaches and policy towards financial stability. The crisis has encouraged a sharper focus on systemic risk, the inclusion of a financial sector in macroeconomic models, a shift from a microprudential to a macroprudential...
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This study outlines a methodology for mapping the increases in capital and liquidity requirements proposed under Basel …
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explains why liquidity cannot easily be apprehended through a single statistics, and asks whether liquidity should be regulated … containment. Finally, the paper takes a macroeconomic perspective, discusses shortages of aggregate liquidity and analyses how … market value accounting and capital adequacy should react to asset prices. It concludes with a topical form of liquidity …
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