market is endogenously formed. Bank assets are hit by idiosyncratic shocks drawn from a thin tailed distribution. The uneven … to be heavily indebted to other banks, their liquidation can trigger other bank failures. We find that the distribution …

sovereign debt exposures and the implications of sovereign exposures for bank risk. Our main findings are as follows. First … impact of sovereign bond holdings on bank risk. This result could indicate the widespread absence of marking-to-market for …

specification), as well as relevant policy measures (governance reforms, bank capital requirements, capital controls, and the role …

implications of these exposures for bank risk. Larger, more capital market affine, and less capitalised banks hold more sovereign … that riskiness of government bond holdings affects bank risk only since 2010.This confirms the existence of a nexus between … government debt and bank risk …