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We demonstrate how the introduction of liability-side feedbacks affects the properties of a quantitative model of systemic risk. The model is known as RAMSI and is still in its development phase. It is based on detailed balance sheets for UK banks and encompasses macro-credit risk, interest and...
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We examine the role of macroeconomic fluctuations, asset market liquidity, and network structure in determining contagion and aggregate losses in a stylised financial system. Systemic instability is explored in a financial network comprising three distinct, but interconnected, sets of agents -...
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The credit risk that an individual bank poses to the rest of the financial system depends on its size, the type of …
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We estimate the effect of changes in microprudential regulatory capital requirements on bank capital ratios and bank … lending. We do so by running panel regressions using a rich new data set, exploiting variation in individual bank capital … mostly recovers within three years. While estimated over a different policy regime and at the individual bank level, these …
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direct spillovers from one bank to another: liquidity hoarding, asset price contagion, and the propagation of defaults via …
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the aggregate bank capital requirement during an economic upswing is associated with a reduction of lending, with the …
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An individual bank can put the whole banking system at risk if its losses in response to shocks push losses for the …
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Banks’ liquidity is a crucial determinant of the adversity of banking crises. In this paper, we consider the effect of fire sales and entry during crises on banks’ ex-ante choice of liquid asset holdings. We consider a setting with limited pledgeability of risky cash flows relative to safe...
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control the supply of bank credit. Regulatory efforts to influence the aggregate supply of credit may be thwarted to some … suited to address these questions, given its unique regulatory history (UK bank regulators imposed bank-specific and time …
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While the financial crisis took a large toll on the UK banking industry overall, some institutions were forced to undertake more intensive efforts to deal with the economic downturn and onset of financial difficulties. This study examines whether and how the characteristics of these institutions...
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