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This paper investigates the role that Eurobonds could play in making EMU stable in the long run. We establish that EMU's budgetary problems are not only caused by lack of budgetary discipline, but also by the large and sudden fiscal deterioration during the financial crisis. This type of shock...
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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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We present a new method to examine financial contagion, defined as a sudden strengthening of shock transmission between …
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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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This paper analyses the reforms in the architecture of EMU since the eruption of the euro crisis in 2010. We describe major weaknesses in the original set-up of EMU, such as lack of fiscal discipline, diverging financial cycles and competitiveness positions, and a lack of crisis instruments....
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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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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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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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In this paper, we analyze the business cycle behavior of home mortgages and consumer credit and investigate whether the observed changes. and in particular observed changes in the comovement between the loan variables and real activity. are likely to be caused by changes in financial markets. We...
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The EU accession countries have made remarkable progress in developing their financial sectors. Nevertheless, potential risks to banking sector stability remain. We take stock of these risks, with a focus on the challenges posed by the EU accession process. Important potential risks we identify...
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