The paper develops new indices of financial stability based on an explicit model of expected utility maximization by financial institutions subject to the classical technology restrictions of neoclassical production theory. The model can be estimated using standard econometric techniques, like...

Changes in value of a plain vanilla bond are largely due to the fluctuations of default-free yields (hereinafter referred to as risk-free rates) and to the dynamics of the credit spread required for protection against the borrower's insolvency.In most common financial asset evaluation...

Among operational risk practitioners there is some confusion about the implications of the loss data collection threshold and the estimation of "truncated" or "shifted" distributions. Claims that "shifted" models result in biased parameter estimates rely on the premise that the "true" model is...

The recent problems in the financial sector suggest that various types of loans present different types of risk over and above the normal charge-offs. This paper examines the risk associated with post-merger variability in the charge-off rate and the non-performing loan rate, and the...

We examine the long-term return performance of U.S. IPOs underwritten by relationship banks. We show that, over one- to three-year horizons, IPOs managed by relationship banks experience buy-and-hold benchmark-adjusted returns that are similar to those observed for a matching sample of stocks...

This paper explores the extent to which macroprudential tools can be used to manage banking sector risks in Mongolia, a commodity producing country exposed to both procyclical and cross-sectional financial sector risks. Loose fiscal policy, rising credit activity, and heightened risk appetite...

How much capital and liquidity does a bank need – to support its risk taking activities? During the recent (and still ongoing) financial crisis, answers to this question using standard approaches, e.g. regulatory capital ratios, were no longer credible, and thus broad-based supervisory stress...

We enhance the method of integrating scenarios proposed in Ergashev (2012) into risk models. In particular, we provide additional theoretical insights of the method with focus on stress testing Value-at-Risk models. We extend the application of the method, which is originally proposed for...

This paper analyzes the effect of the removal of government guarantees on bank risk taking. We exploit the removal of guarantees for German Landesbanken which results in lower credit ratings, higher funding costs, and a loss in franchise value. This removal was announced in 2001, but...