Infolge der globalen Finanzmarktkrise wechselt das regulatorische Paradigma hin zu einer stärkeren makroprudenziellen Aufsicht. Neben dem bislang vorherrschenden Ansatz der mikroprudenziellen Aufsicht steht hierbei nicht mehr allein die Solvenz der Kreditinstitute im Vordergrund, sonder auch...

This paper provides novel evidence on the effects of LTV limits on housing choices. I exploit the 2010 and 2012 introduction of LTV limits in Israel using a detailed loan-level dataset. I find that the LTV limits, which were designed to lower borrowers' risk, resulted in borrowers choosing more...

The impact of borrowing constraints on homeownership has been well established in the literature. Wealth is most likely to restrict homeownership followed by credit and income. Using recent movers from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and borrowing constraint definitions commonly...

We empirically document that banks with greater exposure to high home price-to-income or price-to-rent ratio regions before the financial crisis of 2007--2009 have higher mortgage delinquency and charge-off rates and significantly higher probabilities of failure during the crisis even after...

This paper presents a framework for estimating losses in the residential real estate mortgage portfolios of German banks. We develop an EL model where LGD estimates are based on current collateral values and PD dynamics are estimated using a structural PVAR approach. We confirm empirically that...

We empirically document that banks with greater exposure to high home price-to-income ratio regions in 2005 and 2006 have higher mortgage delinquency and charge-off rates and significantly higher probabilities of failure during the last financial crisis even after controlling for capital,...

Why should monetary policy "lean against the wind"? Can’t bank regulation perform its task alone? We model banks that choose both asset volatility and leverage, and identify how monetary policy transmits to bank risk. Subsequently, we introduce a regulator whose tool is a risk-based capital...

Shadow banking is a broad concept. A possible definition is that it comprises non-bank institutions which undertake bank-like activities. Another characteristic is that the sector is overall less regulated. Therefore there are still shortcomings in systematic collection of information of the sector.