assessed. We propose a novel framework to assessfinancial system risk. Using a dynamic factor framework based on state …-space methods, we model latent macro-financial and credit risk components for a large data setcomprising the U.S., the EU-27 area … risk conditions can significantly and persistently de-couplefrom macro-financial fundamentals. Such decoupling can serve as …

Empirical measures of world consumption growth risk have failed to rationalize the cross-section of country equity … returns. We propose a new factor, termed "the global consumption factor", to explain the patterns in risk premiums on … from 47 developed and emerging market countries over a four-decade period. Our risk factor reflects changes in the cross …

We compute joint sovereign default probabilities as coincident systemic risk indicators. Instead of commonly used CDS … of rolling pairwise correlations do not always yield intuitive systemic risk indicators. …

risk externalities. It focuses on the relativemerit of price versus quantity rules, showing how they target different … incentives for risk creation.When banks differ in credit opportunities, a Pigovian tax on short-term funding is efficient in … containing risk and preserving credit quality, while quantity-based fundingratios are distorsionary. Liquidity buffers are either …

counterparties and,consistent with the margin-CAPM, more pronounced for stocks with higher margins. Our results suggest that …

characterize as "local" and "international" banks. The credit-risk spillovers take place between banks, from the same and from …