"We investigate a structural model of market and firm-level dynamics in order to jointly price long-dated S&P 500 options and tranche spreads on the five-year CDX index. We demonstrate the importance of calibrating the model to match the entire term structure of CDX index spreads because it...

Since 2008, enormous efforts have been made worldwide to draft rules to prevent a reoccurence of the devastating financial effects of that year. In the process, bank business has been laid open to intense public and government scrutiny, and regulation of banking has grown to spectacular...

Introduction -- Bank resolution techniques -- Bank resolution and bank groups -- Total loss absorbing capactiy -- Fundamentals of resolution authority -- Resolution of insured depoditory institutions -- Resolution of non-bank financial companies -- Resolution planning -- Resolution in the...

In the United States and the European Union (EU), political incentives to oppose cross-border banking have been strong in spite of the measurable benefits to the real economy from breaking down geographic barriers. Even a federal-level supervisor and safety net are not by themselves sufficient...