This study assesses the interconnectedness of credit risk exposures in a tripartite network of cross-shareholdings among banks, insurers, and firms in Japan's stock market during the fiscal years 2008-2015. We use consistent measures: credit risk exposure by PD (probability of default)/LGD (loss...

This study assesses the credit risk of Japan's real estate investment trusts (J-REITs) in two related markets during the fiscal years 2008--2017. The first J-REIT market involves blockholders, while the second is a lending market of institutions (i.e., banks and insurers). Unlike investment...

This study assesses the network structures of cross-shareholdings among listed Japanese companies using a dataset of 2,936 companies for fiscal years 2008-2015. First, we analyze the network structure of cross-shareholdings in the Japanese stock market using centrality measures. Financial...

This study assesses the credit rating migration risk and interconnectedness among bank-to-listed firms and insurer-to-listed firms in Japan's corporate lending market during the fiscal years 2008-2015. The study uses outstanding lending data with borrowers and lenders names to conduct a...

We study the interplay between two channels of interconnectedness in the banking system. The first one is a direct interconnectedness, via a network of interbank loans, banks' loans to other corporate and retail clients, and securities holdings. The second channel is an indirect...