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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 default. In contrast, shocks are transmitted via asset...
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This chapter develops a unified framework for the study of how network interactions can function as a mechanism for … small, we provide a fairly complete characterization of the structure of equilibrium, clarifying the role of network … literature on the role of network linkages in fostering systemic risk …
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This chapter develops a unified framework for the study of how network interactions can function as a mechanism for … small, we provide a fairly complete characterization of the structure of equilibrium, clarifying the role of network … literature on the role of network linkages in fostering systemic risk …
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We study the impact of higher bank capital buffers, namely of the Other Systemically Important Institu- tions (O …
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results highlight the importance of the starting level of bank capital, bank asset quality, and banks' adjustments for the …
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This paper analyses the evolution of the safety and soundness of the European banking sector during the various stages of the Basel process of capital regulation. In the first part we document the evolution of various measures of systemic risk as the Basel process unfolds. Most strikingly, we...
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Macroprudential stress tests have been employed by regulators in the United States and Europe to assess and address the solvency condition of financial firms in adverse macroeconomic scenarios. Financial institutions are required to maintain a capital cushion against such events and stress tests...
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This paper analyses the evolution of the safety and soundness of the European banking sector during the various stages of the Basel process of capital regulation. In the first part we document the evolution of various measures of systemic risk as the Basel process unfolds. Most strikingly, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946327
This paper analyses the evolution of the safety and soundness of the European banking sector during the various stages of the Basel process of capital regulation. In the first part we document the evolution of various measures of systemic risk as the Basel process unfolds. Most strikingly, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950027
address the following questions. How are macroeconomic shocks transmitted to bank risk and other banking variables? What are … the sources of bank heterogeneity, and what explains differences in individual banks’ responses to macroeconomic shocks …? Our paper has two main findings: (i) Average bank risk declines, and average bank lending increases following expansionary …
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