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The optimal size of the European Stability Mechanism: A cost-benefit analysis

Kapp, Daniel - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2012

This study presents a core-periphery model to determine the optimal size of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), building on Jeanne and Ranciere (2011). While the periphery is subject to a probability of losing access to external credit, the core's incentive for setting up an ESM stems...

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Securitization and the dark side of diversification

Oordt, Maarten van - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2012

Diversification by banks affects the systemic risk of the sector. Importantly, Wagner (2010) shows that linear diversification increases systemic risk. We consider the case of securitization, whereby loan portfolios are sliced into tranches with different seniority levels. We show that tranching...

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Contagious Bank Runs: Experimental Evidence

Brown, Martin; Trautmann, Stefan; Vlahu, Razvan - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2012

We conduct a laboratory experiment to examine under which circumstances a depositor-run at one bank may lead to a depositor-run at another bank. We implement two-person coordination games which capture the essence of the Diamond-Dybvig (1983) bank-run model. Subjects in the roles of followers...

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Are banks too big to fail?

Zhou, Chen - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2009

Abstract We consider three measures on the systemic importance of a financial institu- tion within a interconnected financial system. Based on the measures, we study the relation between the size of a financial institution and its systemic importance. From both theo- retical model and empirical...

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Extreme Stock Return Co-movements of Financial Institutions: Contagion or Interdependence?

Minderhoud, Koen - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2003

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 … sector. In addition, we investigate extreme co-movements among banking and insurance sectors using a multinomial logistic …

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Systemic Risk, Interbank Relations and Liquidity Provision by theCentral Bank

Freixas, X.; Parigi, B.; Rochet, J-C. - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2000

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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Systemic Risk in the Dutch Financial Sector

Minderhoud, Koen - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2003

effective prudential supervision. In addition, our results indicate that insurance activities of banks may increase systemic …

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Towards a Network Description of Interbank Payment Flows

Pröpper, Marc; Lelyveld, Iman van; Heijmans, Ronald - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2008

We present the application of network theory to the Dutch payment system with specific attention to systemic stability. The network nodes comprise of domestic banks, large international banks and TARGET countries, the links are established by payments between the nodes. Traditional measures...

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Why the micro-prudential regulation fails? The impact on systemic risk by imposing a capital requirement

Zhou, Chen - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2010

This paper studies why the micro-prudential regulations fails to maintain a stable financial system by investigating the impact of micro-prudential regulation on the systemic risk in a cross-sectional dimension. We construct a static model for risk-taking behavior of financial institutions and...

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Capital Regulation and Tail Risk

Perotti, Enrico; Ratnovski, Lev; Vlahu, Razvan - de Nederlandsche Bank - 2011

The paper studies risk mitigation associated with capital regulation, in a context where banks may choose tail risk assets. We show that this undermines the traditional result that higher capital reduces excess risk-taking driven by limited liability. Moreover, higher capital may have an...

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