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currency crises. We address three interrelated questions: (i) How can we best capture contagion; (ii) Is the contagion of … measure, we test for contagion and conclude that contagion only exists regionally. Furthermore, we construct a â …€œcross-market rebalancing variable based on the regional CPJF. By employing a probit model to compare our new variable with a regular contagion …
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This paper considers empirical tests for the contagion of financial crises that address the endogeneity of contagion by … using instrumental variable estimation techniques. Two complications in the application to contagion are that the regression … model is potentially incoherent and that it contains a parameter that is not identified under the null of no contagion …
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on reinsurance exposures, we perform a scenario analysis to measure contagion risks. Based on current exposures, we find …
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This paper investigates contagion of major financial institutions by focusing on extreme stock return co-movements. Our … measure of contagion within banking and insurance sectors is the number of coincidences of daily extreme returns that cannot … evidence of contagion for the US, Germany and the UK. This result is stronger for the insurance sector than for the banking …
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We model systemic risk in an interbank market. Banks face liquidity needs as consumers are uncertain about where they need to consume. Interbank credit lines allow to cope with these liquidity shocks while reducing the cost of maintaining reserves. However, the interbank market exposes the...
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We investigate interlinkages and contagion risks in the Dutch interbank market. Based on severaldata sources, including … a scenario analysis to measure contagion risks. We find that the bankruptcy of one of the large banks will put a … considerable burden on the other banks, but will not lead to a complete collapse of the interbank market. The contagion effects of …
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This paper develops a game theory model to analyze the optimal structure of the Lender of Last Resort in Europe. When depositors are imperfectly informed, the indifference to international transmission displayed by national authorities has value. A centralized authority, because it internalizes...
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Using an event study approach, we examine the impact of news about Greece and news about a Greek bailout on bank stock prices in 2010 using data for 48 banks included in the European stress tests. We identify the twenty days with extreme returns on Greek sovereign bonds and categorize the news...
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constructed gravity-based contagion index to assess the importance of these factors in the run-up to currency crises. Using a … risk of a crisis for EMEs. Third, contagion has a very strong impact, consistent with the past literature, especially …
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depositors know that there are economic linkages between banks. The contagion of withdrawals is by a change in beliefs about bank …
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