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Visible and hidden risk factors for banks

Schuermann, Til; Stiroh, Kevin J. - 2006

This paper examines the common factors that drive the returns of U.S. bank holding companies from 1997 to 2005. We compare a range of market models from a basic one-factor model to a nine-factor model that includes the standard Fama-French factors and additional factors thought to be...

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Value at risk, bank equity and credit risk

Broll, Udo; Wahl, Jack E. - 2003

We study the implications of the value at risk concept for the bank's optimum amount of equity capital under credit risk. The market value of loans is risky and lognormally distributed. We show that the required equity capital depends upon managerial and market factors. Furthermore, the bank's...

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Die Behandlung der operationellen Risiken nach Basel II: Ein Anreiz zur Verbesserung des Risikomanagements?

Rünger, Petra; Walther, Ursula - 2004

Risikomanagement der operationellen Risiken dürfte in Zukunft ein entscheidender Wettbewerbsfaktor sein. Im Rahmen der Neuregelung der … bankaufsichtsrechtlichen Vorgaben gemäß Basel II werden sowohl eine Eigenkapitalunterlegung als auch qualitative Vorgaben zum Risikomanagement … dieser Risikoklasse neu eingeführt. Erklärtes Ziel ist es, Anreize für ein verbessertes Risikomanagement zu setzen. Die …

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Firm heterogeneity and credit risk diversification

Hanson, Samuel; Pesaran, Mohammad Hashem; Schuermann, Til - 2005

This paper considers a simple model of credit risk and derives the limit distribution of losses under different assumptions regarding the structure of systematic and idiosyncratic risks and the nature of firm heterogeneity. The theoretical results obtained indicate that if firm-specific risk...

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Management of FX settlement risk in Hungary (Report II): Payments and securities settlements

Tanai, Eszter - 2008

[...] The objective of this study is to analyse - relying on 2006 data - FX settlement risk that may arise in the domestic banking system under its current operations, and to chart the changes which took place after 2000, covering improvements and, if necessary, formulating (new) recommendations...

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Gasoline content regulation and compliance among US refineries

Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Nauges, Céline; Thille, Henry - 2012

The US refining industry is a leading producer of sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide emissions. As a result of the Clean Air Act, it has been subject to a host of environmental regulations that prescribe the production processes firms can employ and limits their emissions based on the permits they...

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Estimating vertical foreclosure in US gasoline supply

Aydemir, Zava; Buehler, Stefan - 2002

We examine the competitive effects of the vertical integration of gasoline refineries and retailers in the U.S. Adapting the first-order condition approach of static oligopoly games to the analysis of vertically related oligopolies, we develop a novel framework for directly evaluating the...

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Banking system stability: a cross-Atlantic perspective

Hartmann, Philipp; Straetmans, Stefan; de Vries, Casper - 2005

This paper derives indicators of the severity and structure of banking system risk from asymptotic interdependencies between banks’ equity prices. We use new tools available from multivariate extreme value theory to estimate individual banks’ exposure to each other (“contagion risk”) and...

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How has CDO market pricing changed during the turmoil? Evidence from CDS index tranches

Scheicher, Martin - 2008

This paper applies regression analysis to investigate the fundamental factors of the variation of CDS index tranches. The sample comprises daily data on the tranche premia of the European iTraxx and North American CDX index from the start of the market in summer 2004 to January 2008. I estimate...

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The evolution of clearing and central counterparty services for exchange-traded derivatives in the United States and Europe - a comparison

Russo, Daniela; Hart, Terry L.; Schönenberger, Andreas - 2002

This paper is organised as follows. Section 1 explains why issues concerning central counterparty clearing houses are of direct concern to central banks and why a comparison of the European and the US situation is of interest. Section 2 provides a comparative overview of the organisation of...

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