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Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

credit risk, interest rate and exchange rate risks, liquidity risk and contagion risk, and are guided in the design of stress …

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The Need for Special Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions; The Case of theeuropean Union

Cihák, Martin; Nier, Erlend - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

The global financial crisis has demonstrated weaknesses in resolution regimes for financial institutions around the globe, including in the European Union (EU). This paper considers the principles underlying resolution regimes for financial institutions, and draws out how a well-designed...

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Of Runes and Sagas; Perspectiveson Liquidity Stress Testing Using An Iceland Example

Cihák, Martin; Ong, Li L. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

systems around the world. These failures were most evident in the area of liquidity risk, where now-obvious vulnerabilities … data from a now-defunct bank in Iceland, where liquidity shocks were immense, to demonstrate how a combination of stress … assumptions and shocks, could reveal key areas of risk to inform contingency planning. The liquidity stress test templates used in …

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Estimating Spillover Risk Among Large EU Banks

Ong, Li L.; Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

The paper examines the scope for cross-border spillovers among major EU banks using information contained in the stock prices and financial statements of these banks. The results suggest that spillovers within domestic banking systems generally remain more likely, but the number of significant...

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The Bright and the Dark Side of Cross-Border Banking Linkages

Muñoz, Sònia; Scuzzarella, Ryan; Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

When a country's banking system becomes more linked to the global banking network, does that system get more or less prone to a banking crisis? Using model simulations and econometric estimates based on a world-wide dataset, we find an M-shaped relationship between financial stability of a...

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The Case for a European Banking Charter

Cihák, Martin; Decressin, Jörg - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

Most financial institutions in the European Union (EU) are still based in one country, but a number of large financial institutions (LCFI) have systemic cross-border exposures. The paper explains how, despite much progress, nationally-segmented supervisory frameworks and national accountability...

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Are More Competitive Banking Systems More Stable?

Cihák, Martin; Wolfe, Simon; Schaeck, Klaus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

This paper provides the first empirical analysis of the cross-country relationship between a direct measure of competitive conduct of financial institutions and banking system fragility. Using the Panzar and Rosse H-Statistic as a measure for competition in 38 countries during 1980-2003, we...

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Banking Competition and Capital Ratios

Cihák, Martin; Schaeck, Klaus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

We use data for more than 2,600 European banks to test whether increased competition causes banks to hold higher capital ratios. Employing panel data techniques, and distinguishing between the competitive conduct of small and large banks, we show that banks tend to hold higher capital ratios...

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Financial Stability Reports:What Are they Good for?

Muñoz, Sònia; Jahjah, Samir; Cihák, Martin; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

The global financial crisis has renewed policymakers' interest in improving the policy framework for financial stability, and an open question is to what extent and in what form should financial stability reports be part of it. We examine the recent experience with central banks' financial...

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From Subprime Loans to Subprime Growth? Evidence for the Euro Area

Cihák, Martin; Brooks, Petya Koeva - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

The global financial crisis has highlighted the potential of financial conditions for influencing real economic activity. We examine the linkages between the financial and real sectors in the euro area, finding that (i) bank loan supply responds negatively to declines in bank soundness; (ii) a...

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