demand of new margin and clearing practices and regulations. We decompose collateral demand for both customers and dealers … impact on collateral demand of more widespread initial margin requirements, increased novation of CDS to central clearing …-specialized types, and client clearing. Among other results, we show that system-wide collateral demand is increased significantly by …

This paper studies the optimal clearing arrangement for bilateral financial contracts in which an assessment of …, at a cost, about the commitment of their borrowers, which affects the assessment of counterparty risk. Clearing through a … and reveal information. If information acquisition is incentive‐compatible, then lenders choose central clearing. If it is …

Bilateral financial contracts typically require an assessment of counterparty risk. Central clearing of these financial … and to reveal information about such risk. When considering this trade-off, participants would choose central clearing if … information acquisition is incentive compatible. If it is not, they may prefer bilateral clearing, when this choice prevents …

Following the 2008 financial crisis, regulation mandates the clearing of the CDS market through Central Clearing …

Recent regulation mandating the clearing of credit default swaps (CDS) by a Central Clearing Counterparties (CCP), has …

reluctance to clear derivative trades in the absence of a central clearing obligation. We develop a comprehensive understanding … moving from a bilateral to a clearing architecture for derivative markets. Previous studies suggest that central clearing is … beneficial for single market participants in the presence of a sufficiently large number of clearing members. We show that three …

and relative bargaining power. The model suggests central clearing counterparties will have more impact on prices in …