This dissertation investigates the implications of using the Advanced Measurement Approaches (AMA) as a method to assess operational risk capital charges for banks and insurance companies within Basel II paradigms and with regard to U.S. regulations. Operational risk has become recognized as a...

¿Cuánto importa el canal de toma de riesgos (risk-taking channel) para la política monetaria? Para responder a esta pregunta, desarrollamos y estimamos un modelo cuantitativo macroeconómico DSGE, en el que los bancos eligen inversiones excesivamente arriesgadas, debido a un problema de...

En este trabajo mostramos que la sobrecolateralización de los pasivos garantizados bancarios se asocia de forma positiva con la prima de riesgo de su financiación no garantizada. Incorporamos esta idea en un modelo teórico en el que los costes derivados del gravamen de activos (asset...

Summary of Banco de España Working Paper no. 2131

This paper presents information on the Stochastic Energy Deployment System (SEDS) model. DOE and NREL are developing this new model, intended to address many of the shortcomings of the current suite of energy models. Once fully built, the salient qualities of SEDS will include full probabilistic...

The economic development potential that wind power offers is often an overlooked aspect of today's wind power projects. Much has been written about how wind can spur economic development, but few have attempted to quantify these impacts. Using the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's)...

The benefits of the Department of Energy's research and development (R&D) efforts have historically been estimated under business-as-usual market and policy conditions. In recognition of the insurance value of R&D, however, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and the...

This report compiles 3-D finite element analyses performed to evaluate the stability of Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) caverns over multiple leach cycles. When oil is withdrawn from a cavern in salt using freshwater, the cavern enlarges. As a result, the pillar separating caverns in the SPR...