We investigate the effects of competition and signaling in a pure order driven market and examine the trading patterns of agents when walking through the book is not allowed. Our results suggest that the variables capturing the cost of a large market order are not informative for an impatient...

This paper evaluates the model risk of models used for forecasting systemic and market risk. Model risk, which is the potential for different models to provide inconsistent outcomes, is shown to be increasing with market uncertainty. During calm periods, the underlying risk forecast models...

Reliable indicators of future financial crises are important for policymakers and practitioners. While most indicators consider an observation of high volatility as a warning signal, this column argues that such an alarm comes too late, arriving only once a crisis is already under way. A better...

Frontmatter -- Advance Praise for Reverse Stress Testing in Banking -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Contents -- Part I: Fundamentals of Reverse Stress Testing -- 1 Reverse Stress Testing: A Versatile Thinking Tool -- 2 Reverse Stress Testing in Banks -- 3 Reverse Stress Testing: An Overview...