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We study a financial network where forced liquidations of an illiquid asset have a negative impact on its price, thus reinforcing network contagion. We give conditions for uniqueness of the clearing asset price and liability payments. Our main result holds under mild and natural assumptions on...
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This article presents a comprehensive framework for valuing financial instruments subject to credit risk and collateralization. In particular, we focus on the impact of default dependence on asset pricing, as correlated default risk is one of the most pervasive threats to financial markets. Some...
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We introduce a new Economic Distress Index (EDI), which incorporates information from all economic sectors as a device for real-time monitoring of financial stability risks in the euro area. Our approach is based on structural models of credit risk and incorporates market and balance sheet...
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We show theoretically that variable production costs lower systematic risk of firms' cash flows if capital and variable inputs are complementary in firms’ production and input prices are sufficiently pro-cyclical. In our dynamic model, this operating hedge effect is weaker for more profitable...
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We show theoretically that variable production costs lower systematic risk of firms' cash flows if capital and variable inputs are complementary in firms' production and input prices are pro-cyclical. In our dynamic model, this operating hedge effect is weaker for more profitable firms, giving...
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Market risks account for an integral part of insurers’ risk profiles. We explore market risk sensitivities of insurers in the U.S. and Europe. Based on panel regression models and daily market data from 2012 to 2018, we find that sensitivities are particularly driven by insurers’ product...
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Epstein-Zin preferences have attracted significant attention within the macro-finance literature based on DSGE models as they allow to substantially increase risk aversion, and consequently generate non-trivial risk premia, without compromising the ability of standard models to achieve...
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