We propose to pool alternative systemic risk rankings for financial institutions using the method of principal components. The resulting overall ranking is less affected by estimation uncertainty and model risk. We apply our methodology to disentangle the common signal and the idiosyncratic...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the systemic risk of the Chinese financial institutions following the financial crisis of 2007. We estimate the systemic risk of a sample composed by 70 Chinese financial institutions through the period beginning on 02 January 2008 to 30 June 2015. We...

This paper analyses fundamental location factors for the financial industry by investigating the economic significance of market participants’ assessments of location factors and country-specific characteristics over time. A unique data set allows studying the locational attractiveness of...