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systemic risk. Equity capital acts as a buffer against losses, and reduces incentives for excessive risk taking. Basel capital … lower capital requirements resulting in excessive risk taking. Furthermore, the bank and the CDS seller (insurer) prefer … high correlation in their returns and jointly shift the risk to the regulator. CDS can be traded at a price higher than its …
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In this paper I will follow Hyman Minsky in arguing that the postwar period has seen a slow transformation of the economy from a structure that could be characterized as "robust" to one that is "fragile". While many economists and policymakers have argued that "no one saw it coming", Minsky and...
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Finanzkrise vorgeschlagen oder bereits politisch umgesetzt worden sind. …
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Based on a review of international and regional responses to the global financial and economic crisis and its implications for finance in Asia, Douglas Arner and Lotte Schou-Zibell draw lessons for Asian financial systems with regard to the scope of regulation; financial standards; supervision,...
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Most stock exchange regulators around the world reacted to the 2007-2009 crisis byimposing bans or regulatory constraints on short-selling. Short-selling restrictions wereimposed and lifted at different dates in different countries, often applied to different sets ofstocks and featured different...
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The purpose of this study is to better understand the likely impact on Asian economies and financial institutions of various recent global financial reforms, including Basel III capital adequacy and liquidity rules. Part one reviews the lessons of the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2007-09 and...
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In this paper I will follow Hyman Minsky in arguing that the postwar period has seen a slow transformation of the economy from a structure that could be characterized as "robust" to one that is "fragile." While many economists and policymakers have argued that "no one saw it coming," Minsky and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128523
. The paper contributes to the debate shedding light on the controversial relation between risk-diversification and … has an ambiguous effect and beyond a certain levels elicits financial instability. Moreover, we find that risk …
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This paper analyses the impact of the global financial crisis on Brazil, India and South Africa whose financial markets have shown strong resilience to the global financial turmoil. The paper shows, that in contrast to advanced countries in these emerging market economies there is contagion from...
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This paper examines how structural policies can influence a country's risk of suffering financial turmoil. Using a … can affect financial stability by either shaping the financial account structure, by reducing the risk of international … financial contagion, or by directly reducing the risk of financial crises. Differentiated capital controls are found to affect …
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