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This paper shows that individual beliefs on the effectiveness of formal and informal sources of risk sharing determine … access to private risk sharing networks. Moreover, we find that both types of trust associate positively with the probability … to take on financial risk for the purpose of becoming a homeowner and the related loan-to-value ratio. Our findings are …
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In this paper, we examine the cost of insurance against model uncertainty for the Euro area considering four alternative reference models, all of which are used for policy-analysis at the ECB. We find that maximal insurance across this model range in terms of a Minimax policy comes at moderate...
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In this paper, we examine the performance and robustness of optimised interest-rate rules in four models of the euro …
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factor risk model, when augmented with reference returns, is capable of generating visually consistent return distributions …
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uncertainty and possible equation misspecifications and approximations. This correction sensibly enhances the robustness of the …
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This paper uses a unique comprehensive database on French security assets and liabilities to study the dynamics of domestic and external sectoral portfolios, their network structure, and their role in the propagation of shocks. We first show how the sharp deterioration of the net external...
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and NGEU initiatives helped improve EU bonds' market liquidity from previously low levels, also reducing liquidity risk …
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We generalize the classic Grossman and Laroque (1990) (GL) model of optimal portfolio choice with housing and transaction costs by introducing predictability in house prices. As in the GL model, agents only move to more expensive (cheaper) houses when their wealth-to-housing ratios reach an...
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arbitrage, but may also give banks incentives to choose their risk models strategically. Current policy answers to this problem … include the use of risk-weight floors and leverage ratios. I show that banks for which those are binding reduce their credit … supply, which drives interest rates up, invites other banks to adopt optimistic models and possibly increases aggregate risk …
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registries to examine whether the risk-return relationship holds in banking. After controlling for bank, loan, and debtor … characteristics as well as macroeconomic conditions, results indicate that a risk-return relationship in bank lending is present but …-subsidization effect of credit risk …
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