We develop a macroeconomic portfolio stress test that is specifically geared towards small and medium-sized banks. We … combine a credit risk stress test which simulates credit impairments via a CreditMetrics type multi-factor portfolio model …

The role of bank capital as a propagation channel of shocks is strongly pronounced in recent macroeconomic models. In … this paper, we show how the evolution of bank capital depends on the share of non-state-contingent assets in banks’ balance …

We analyze the problem of a policy authority (PA) that must decide when to resolve a troubled bank whose underlying … solvency is uncertain. Delaying resolution increases the chance that information arrives that reveals the bank's true solvency … efficient resolution decision following the arrival of information. Providing the bank with liquidity support buys the PA time …

competition. Here, we employ a novel approach to account for IRS that are both unexpected and effective for a bank’s business … theory that monopolistic firms undersupply the market when utilizing their high pricing power in the bank competition …–liquidity creation nexus. While positive IRS per se lead to an increase in bank liquidity creation, we find that a high bank …

externalities between the two countries arise from cross-border bank ownership. The two countries face (i) a regulatory (super … policies are centralized only when international spillovers from cross-border bank ownership are strong, and banking sectors …

bank headquarter locations in a cross-country comparison to investigate whether a decentralised geographical structure …

policymakers’ efforts to strengthen bank capitalization. …