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In the wake of the global financial crisis that erupted in 2008, there has been extensive commentary and regulatory focus on the 'Too Big to Fail' issue. In this paper, we survey the proposed solutions and regulatory initiatives that have been undertaken. We conduct a longitudinal analysis of...
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concordance with the Basel guidelines as applied by a bank supervisor. The findings show that SRISK produced a more consistent …
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to explain the variation in a measure of a bank’s default risk (approximated by Z-score) and how these effects make their … structure rather than the characteristics of the portfolio of assets. Additionally, we use a model of bank behavior to simulate …
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This paper reviews the cost-benefit analysis, or “regulatory impact analysis” (RIA), in US bank regulators’ risk …-based capital (RBC) rule proposals. We review the principles of cost-benefit analysis and its application by US bank regulators. We … RBC rules and related rules on bank liquidity. We find that nine of the 27 rules include RIAs. Five of the RIAs claim the …
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We investigate whether sovereign bond holdings of European banks are determined by a risk-return trade-off. Using data between 2011 and 2018 for 75 European banks, we confirm that banks exhibited risk-taking behavior during the sovereign debt crisis, e.g., due to moral suasion. In the period...
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This study examines whether state-owned banks face political pressure and whether the improvement in political institutions alleviates this pressure. The theory of political benefits argues that politicians use state-owned banks for political purposes such as obtaining and maintaining political...
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faced by a bank. Assuming that loans may turn bad any year after they are granted, a banks’ lending behaviour has been shown … Indian banking industry. However, when the systemic importance of the bank is considered, the systemically important banks …
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controlling for bank specific and macroeconomic determinants of bank profitability. Bank profitability is proxied by return on … significant negative effect on bank profitability only in the long run. Generally, the explanatory variables used in the study … have short run and long run effects on bank profitability, although the impact is not uniform across the different measures …
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mortgage market in Luxembourg using data on the labour market and government interventions, as well as surveys of consumer … finances (HFCS). Our conclusions are twofold. At the aggregate level, the Luxembourg mortgage market is relatively well placed …
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Basel III, regulating the solvency of banks, is to be fully implemented by 2027 while Solvency III directed at insurers is being prepared. In view of past experience, it will be closely modelled after Basel III. This raises two questions. (i) Will Basel III and Solvency III be more successful...
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