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Has economic research been helpful in dealing with the financial crises of the early 2000s? On the whole, the answer is negative, although there are bright spots. Economists have largely failed to predict both crises, largely because most of them were not analytically equipped to understand...
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banks' risk-weighted assets were massively gamed by large banks, which engaged in various forms of regulatory arbitrage to …
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transparency relating to effective risk transfer, risk-related management compensation, and credible measurement of rating …, financial intermediaries, whose risk is opaque, may be subjected to higher capital requirements. …
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In Germany a public discussion on the power of banks has been going on for decades now with the term power having at least two meanings. On the one hand, it denotes the power of banks to control public corporations through direct shareholdings or the exercise of proxy votes this is the power of...
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level of risk. We investigate how the introduction of Crisis Contracts changes the equilibrium level of risk-taking and the …
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This paper analyzes the risk properties of typical asset-backed securities (ABS), like CDOs or MBS, relying on a model …, and macro factor dependencies. Using a two-dimensional loss decomposition as a new metric, the risk properties of … Carlo Simulation, we find that the risk properties of ABS differ significantly and systematically from those of straight …
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We model the impact of bank mergers on loan competition, reserve holdings and aggregate liquidity. A merger changes the distribution of liquidity shocks and creates an internal money market, leading to financial cost efficiencies and more precise estimates of liquidity needs. The merged banks...
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Modern bank management comprises both classical lending business and transfer of asset risk to capital markets through … securitization. Sound knowledge of the risks involved in securitization transactions is a prerequisite for solid risk management …. This paper aims to resolve a part of the opaqueness surrounding credit-risk allocation to tranches that represent claims of …
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Based on a unique dataset of legislative changes in industrial countries, we identify events that strengthen the competition control of mergers and acquisitions, analyze their impact on banks and non-financial firms and explain the different reactions observed with specific regulatory...
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, 2007), this paper analyses the adequate policy response to endogenous systemic liquidity risk. We analyse the feedback …
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