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Systemic risk is a very important but very complex notion in banking and how to measure it adequately is challenging. We introduce a new framework for measuring systemic risk by using a risk-adjusted balance sheet approach. The measure models credit risk of banks as a put option on bank assets,...
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We model the systemic risk associated with the so-called balance-sheet amplification mechanism in a system of banks with interlocked balance sheets and with positions in real-economy-related assets. Our modeling framework integrates a stochastic price dynamics with an active balance-sheet...
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impacted by the financial crisis in terms of contagion in leverage with implications for portfolio diversification. Our …
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Co-movements in equity markets may reflect either financial contagion or stock market integration. While the former …
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When regulating the financial system, the volatility phenomenon seems to emerge, practically, as a phenomenon which is intrinsic to the capital market behaviour. Theoretically, the leverage of the firms appears to be a major determinant of the volatility of prices and returns. At the same time,...
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the possible portfolio diversification opportunities between Asian Islamic Market and other regions‟ Islamic Markets; namely USA, Europe and BRIC. This study makes the initial attempt to fill in the gaps of previous studies by focusing on the proxies of...
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observed stock market fluctuations are due mainly to contagion or fundamentals. This is due to the fact that if the … fluctuations are mainly due to a contagion, then it is something like a ‘virus’ which would disappear after a few days. In contrast … for a long time. This study is the first attempt at testing whether there has been any contagion among the Shari …
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Our study measures co-movements in Islamic and conventional equity markets, to discover contagion and to measure … crisis generates fundamental-based contagion for both markets. The less exposure for some Islamic indices can be due to low …
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Since its debut into the islamic capital markets landscape in 2005, islamic Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have not shown significant progress in attracting foreign investment, limiting their potential as the ideal asset class for the Shariah compliant investor. It was suggested that a...
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The M&A transactions represent a wide range of unique business optimization opportunities in the corporate transformation deals, which are usually characterized by the high level of total risk. The M&A transactions can be successfully implemented by taking to an account the size of investments,...
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