This paper presents a new theory that explains why it is beneficial for banks to be highly interconnected and to engage in herding behavior. It shows that these two important causes of systemic risk are interdependent and thus cannot be considered in isolation. The reason is that banks have an...

Interconnectedness is an inherent feature of the modern financial system. While it contributes to efficiency of financial services, it also creates structural vulnerabilities: pernicious shock transmission and amplification impacting banks' capitalization. This has recently been seen during the...

Das Ziel der vorliegenden Dissertation ist es, ein besseres Verständnis von systemischen Risiken auf Interbankenmärkten zu entwickeln. Die Bedeutung systemischer Risiken für die Stabilität des gesamten Finanzsystems ist durch die internationale Finanzkrise der Jahre 2007/2008 deutlich...