A growing consensus exists that climate change risks have important implications for financial stability. Following Weyzig et all (2014) methodology, this paper quantifies the (syndicated) loan exposure to elevated environmental risk sectors of the banking system in the US, EU, China, Japan and...

The paper analyzes a very stylized model of crises and demonstrates how the degree of strategic complementarity in the actions of investors is a critical determinant of fragility. It is shown how the balance sheet composition of a financial intermediary, parameters of the information structure...

The global financial crisis led to an alleged end of global banking. However, we find that reports on the end of global banking are premature. Investigating the global systemically important banks, we identify a strong composition effect: a shift of business from the global European banks to the...

We develop a theoretical model examining the financial stability policy of a central bank serving as both the lender of last resort and the regulator of the financial system. The model accommodates the possibility of financial contagion through interbank market linkages, and adverse feedback...

Intervention has taken different forms in different countries and periods of time. Moreover, the high interconnection of financial institutions makes the (implicitly or explicitly) promise of no intervention made by governments barely credible. Moreover, it is largely claimed that these...

The paper explores a different, supplementary way to assess and manage a particular type of banking crises, those arising from a rise of nonperforming loans to the corporate sector. It relies on a 'national wealth approach,' focusing on the distribution of net wealth among economic sectors and...

Under the Basel capital rules for internationally active banks, subordinated debt has always been permitted to contribute a part of the bank's regulatory capital requirements. This is a surprising concession to banks, at first sight, since debt, as a liability, cannot contribute to equity (ie...