distribution arising from correlated credit eventsfor any arbitrary portfolio of counterparty exposures, downto the individual … and credit migrations.1 Theimportance of tabulating the exact loss distribution ishighlighted by the fact that … that managementfaces a distribution of potential losses rather than asingle potential loss. In order to define credit risk …

, researchersand regulatory agencies assessing the effects of bank mergerson competition will examine the degree to whichdeposits in a …

Bank supervisors have long recognized two types of shortcomingsin the Basle Accord’s risk-based capital (RBC …)framework. First, the regulatory measures of “capital” maynot represent a bank’s true capacity to absorb unexpectedlosses. Deficiencies …

, centralbanks have made extensive use of both new and existing toolsfor supplying central bank money to financial institutions …

modelof the behavior of parties, which for simplicity we refer to asbanks. Each bank has particular motivations and …

individual homeowner credit histories to the loan-levelanalysis of the factors influencing the probability that a homeownerwill … refinance. In addition to credit histories, we includein the analysis changes in individual homeowner’s equity and inthe overall …

We consider a general equilibrium model with frictions in credit markets used by households. Inour economy, houses …