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of Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation's (DTCC) proprietary bilateral credit default swap transactions and … effect on the hedging behaviour against the counterparty. As the current regulatory frameworks explicitly formulate any … capital relief motives and provides a viable hedging instrument beyond receiving coverage through collateral. …
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The recent banking crisis has revealed the existence of strong resiliency factors in the retail banking business model … retail banking business model. Our results verify a low level of business risk in retail banking, thus confirming the …
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We estimate a dynamic structural banking model to examine the interaction between risk-weighted capital adequacy and …
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Using unique data of a survey among small and medium-sized German banks, we analyze various aspects of risk management over a short-term and medium-term horizon. We especially analyze the effect of a 200-bp increase in the interest level. We find that, in the first year, the impairments of...
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reported capital figures suggests that there appears to be enough capital in the banking system, but its distribution might be …
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Regulatory capital for trading book positions includes two components that cover different risks but apply to the same portfolio, one for market risk and one for credit risk. Similar approaches are common in banks’ internal models for economic capital. Although it is known that joint market...
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We show that banks' risk exposure in one asset category affects how they report regulatory risk weights for another asset category. Specifically, banks report lower credit risk weights for their loan portfolio when they face higher risk exposure in their trading book. This relationship is...
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The internal ratings-based (IRB) approach maps bank risk profiles more adequately than the standardized approach. After switching to IRB, banks' risk-weighted asset (RWA) densities are thus expected to diverge, especially across countries with different supervisory strictness and risk levels....
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In this paper, we study the optimal mix of monetary and macroprudential policies in an estimated two-country model of the euro area. The model includes real, nominal and financial frictions, and hence both monetary and macroprudential policy can play a role. We find that the introduction of a...
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banks' balance sheets; banks respond by selling assets and reducing credit provision. A highly leveraged banking sector …
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