This article discusses the ratings of financial market participants as one of the indicators of financial stability. Particular attention is paid to the sector of banks and insurance corporations in the Czech Republic. Besides discussing the ratings of individual financial institutions, the...

This article, based on an empirical analysis, discusses factors affecting property prices and tries to identify periods of property price overvaluation by time series analysis for the Czech Republic as a whole and by panel regression for the Czech regions. The time series analysis identifies...

This article discusses the potential risks to price stability stemming from the influence of foreign direct investment on the economy. The analysis uses corporate data from a unique Deutsche Bundesbank database containing an almost complete sample of German enterprises that invested in the Czech...

The banking sector is a dominant component of the financial system in the Czech Republic. The stability of the banking system is of key importance as regards the financial stability of the economy as a whole. Any turbulence in the banking system can, moreover, generate a need for additional...

This article discusses the estimation of a key credit risk parameter – loss given default (LGD) – and calculates it for selected companies traded on the Prague Stock Exchange. The importance of estimating LGD stems from the fact that a lender’s expected loss is the product...

This article takes as its central theme the development of insolvency law in relation to financial stability. While insolvency law does not constitute direct regulation of the financial market, it significantly affects the market and the way its participants behave. Quality insolvency law...

This article sets out to discuss instruments for reducing procyclical bank lending behaviour. Special attention is given to how much the regulatory framework contributes to the procyclicality of the financial system. The main subject of the article is the dynamic provisioning regime currently...

This article focuses on the macroeconomic default rate model in the Czech economy. The aim is to produce a model allowing us to estimate the expected proportion of bad loans in the total loan portfolio of banks in response to the evolution of key macroeconomic indicators. The proportion of bad...

This article presents a financial scoring model estimated on Czech corporate accounting data. Seven financial indicators capable of explaining business failure at a 1-year prediction horizon are identified. Using the model estimated in this way, an aggregate indicator of the creditworthiness of...

This article illustrates the nature and significance of operational risk with regard to financial stability, using specific examples of major operational risk events in the Czech Republic and in other countries, and identifies the impacts of the newly introduced capital regulation of operational...