We propose an algorithm to model contagion in the interbank market via what we term the credit quality channel. In … existing models on contagion via interbank credit, external shocks to banks often spread to other banks only in case of a … questions. For that purpose, we propose to measure the potential cost of contagion of a given shock scenario by the aggregated …

This thesis consists out of three essays on systemic risk in the banking system and stock market contagion. The first … contagion dominated in the US and European banking systems at the onset of the Subprime Crisis. The second essay (Döring … international stock market contagion investigating pre-and post-event cross-market correlation on national and international stock …