We analyse systemic risk in the core global banking system using a new network-based spectral eigen-pair method, which treats network failure as a dynamical system stability problem. This is compared with market price-based Systemic Risk Indexes (SRIs), viz. MES (Marginal Expected Shortfall),...

We analyse the ability of credit gap measures to predict banking crises by estimating the usefulness measure conditionally on policymaker's preferences. The results show that the signals based on the credit gap indicators are most useful when the policymaker's preferences regarding Type I and...

Purpose: The liquidation culture in South Africa has proven to be disastrous for its macroeconomic and social goals. Premised on the financial distress continuum theory, which not only determines investment, but also provides early warning signals for firms to pursue remedies, this article...

The financial crisis was, at its core, a banking crisis, which affected the real economy through a rapid reduction in credit supply. This dissertation combines three essays on policy changes after the financial crisis. The first two chapters focus on regulatory rules proposed to avoid future...