Showing 1 - 10 of 20
BHC expansion into nonbank financial activities may increase or decrease the standard deviation of BHC ROA and/or the probability of bankruptcy of the BHC. Using individual firm data and a new application of a simulated merger methodology, I find the standard deviation minimizing and bankruptcy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702148
from their stock (and bond) prices would take less risk than non-publicly traded banks because counterparties, borrowers …, and regulators could react to adverse public market signals against publicly traded banks. In comparing the credit risk …, earnings risk, capitalization, and failure risk between publicly traded and non-publicly traded banks, the evidence in this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702166
One reason why countries service their external debts is the fear that default might lead to shrinkage of international trade. If so, then creditors should systematically lend more to countries with which they share closer trade links. We develop a simple theoretical model to capture this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702196
depend on the form of default risk. When private loans are enforceable, but there is the risk that the government will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702210
Covariance matrix forecasts of financial asset returns are an important component of current practice in financial risk … matrix forecasts using standard statistical loss functions and a value-at-risk (VaR) framework. This framework consists of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702240
This paper uses household consumption data to investigate whether uninsurable idiosyncratic risk accounts for the … idiosyncratic income shocks. Following Mankiw (1986), the paper develops an equilibrium factor model in which risk premia depend on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702306
This paper explores the relationship between inflation and the existence of a local, nominal, publicly-traded, long-maturity, domestic-currency bond market. Bond holders are exposed to capital losses through inflation and therefore represent a potential anti-inflationary force; we ask whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011188054
past gains and losses on investors’ risk aversion. The paper first presents a simple model examining how heterogeneous … changes in investors’ risk aversion affects portfolio decisions and stock prices. Second, the paper shows empirically that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011026921
Covariance matrix forecasts of financial asset returns are an important component of current practice in financial risk … matrix forecasts using standard statistical loss functions and a value-at-risk (VaR) framework. This framework consists of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005514423
from their stock (and bond) prices would take less risk than non-publicly traded banks because counterparties, borrowers …, and regulators could react to adverse public market signals against publicly traded banks. In comparing the credit risk …, earnings risk, capitalization, and failure risk between publicly traded and non-publicly traded banks, the evidence in this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005401566