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This paper develops a methodology to identify systemically important financial institutions building on that developed by the BCBS (2011) and used by the Financial Stability Board in its yearly G-SIFIs identification. This methodology is based on publicly available data, providing fully...
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distributed. It also studies the effect of market capitalization of stocks and stock indices on their Value at risk and … market risk calculated by VaR of the firms. It confirms that the decrease in liquidity increases the value at risk of the …
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Assessing and monitoring systemic risk is a challenge for policy makers and supervisors in all countries. It is … by most of them. This paper discusses these common characteristics and how they shape the nature of systemic risk in LICs … effectiveness of systemic risk assessment and mitigation in these countries. …
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The present paper reviews the causes that led to the financial crisis. Unlike other interpretations, this paper does not place main significance on a single source or on a set of causes. I consider all major standpoints highlighted by research and media prior, during and after the financial...
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Systemic risk is a very important but very complex notion in banking and how to measure it adequately is challenging …. We introduce a new framework for measuring systemic risk by using a risk-adjusted balance sheet approach. The measure … models credit risk of banks as a put option on bank assets, a tradition that originated with Merton. We conceive of an …
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transmission of risk among interconnected banks and to measure their systemic importance. In this paper we show how classic input …
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We model the systemic risk associated with the so-called balance-sheet amplification mechanism in a system of banks … stochastic price dynamics with an active balance-sheet management aimed to maintain the Value-at-Risk at a target level. We find … that a strong compliance with capital requirements, usually alleged to be procyclical, does not increase systemic risk …
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This paper empirically analyzes the determinants of banks' systemic importance. In constructing a measure on the systemic importance of financial institutions we find that size is a leading determinant. This confirms the usual "Too big to fail'' argument. Nevertheless, banks with size above a...
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In this paper, using network tools, I analyse systemic impacts of liquidity shocks in interbank market in case of endogenous haircuts. Gai, Haldane and Kapadia (2011) introduce a benchmark for liquidity crisis following haircut shocks, and Gorton and Metrick (2010) reveal the evidence from...
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from contagion (hunting). In distress, bilateral markets amplify systemic risk and volatility versus centralized markets …, lower risk sharing, and reduced allocative efficiency. Pricing distress volatility may suggest when to transition to central … clearing. The model suggests three metrics for the well-connected part of a market -- number of counterparties, average risk …
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