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Macroeconomic fluctuations and bank lending: evidence for Germany and the euro area

Eickmeier, Sandra; Hofmann, Boris; Worms, Andreas - 2006

This paper analyzes how bank lending to the private nonbank sector responds dynamically to aggregate supply, demand and monetary policy shocks in Germany and the euro area. The results suggest that the dynamic responses in the two areas are broadly similar, although there are some differences in...

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Systematic Risk in Recovery Rates: An Empirical Analysis of US Corporate Credit Exposures

Düllmann, Klaus; Trapp, Monika - 2004

This paper presents an analytical and empirical analysis of a parsimonious model framework that accounts for a dependence of bond and bank loan recoveries on systematic risk. We extend the single risk factor model by assuming that the recovery rates also depend on this risk factor and follow a...

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Does capital regulation matter for bank behaviour? Evidence for German savings banks

Heid, Frank; Porath, Daniel; Stolz, Stéphanie - 2004

The aim of this paper is to assess how German savings banks adjust capital and risk under capital regulation. We estimate a modified version of the model developed by Shrieves and Dahl (1992). This paper contributes to the literature in three ways. First, we test the capital buffer theory...

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Estimating probabilities of default for German savings banks and credit cooperatives

Porath, Daniel - 2004

A healthy banking system is a fundamental condition for financial stability. When assessing the riskiness of the banking system, analysts often restrict their focus to large banks. This may create a distorted picture in countries like Germany with fragmented banking systems. In Germany, savings...

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Do banks diversify loan portfolios? A tentative answer based on individual bank loan portfolios

Kamp, Andreas; Pfingsten, Andreas; Porath, Daniel - 2005

Theory of financial intermediation gives contradicting answers to the question whether banks should diversify or focus their loan portfolios. Our aim is to find out which of the two strategies is predominant in the German banking market. To this end we measure diversification for all German...

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Accounting for distress in bank mergers

Koetter, Michael; Bos, Jaap W. B.; Heid, Frank; Kool, … - 2005

The inability of most bank merger studies to control for hidden bailouts may lead to biased results. In this study, we employ a unique data set of approximately 1,000 mergers to analyze the determinants of bank mergers. We use data on the regulatory intervention history to distinguish between...

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Measuring business sector concentration by an infection model

Düllmann, Klaus - 2006

Results from portfolio models for credit risk tell us that loan concentration in certain industry sectors can substantially increase the value-at-risk (VaR). The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether a tractable "infection model" can provide a meaningful estimate of the impact of...

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Sector concentration in loan portfolios and economic capital

Masschelein, Nancy; Düllmann, Klaus - 2006

The purpose of this paper is to measure the potential impact of business-sector concentration on economic capital for loan portfolios and to explore a tractable model for its measurement. The empirical part evaluates the increase in economic capital in a multi-factor asset value model for...

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Efficient, profitable and safe banking: an oxymoron? Evidence from a panel VAR approach

Koetter, Michael; Porath, Daniel - 2007

Efficiency is considered a key factor when evaluating a bank's performance. Moreover, efficiency enhancement is an … of performance in response to efficiency improvements remain often unclear on both theoretical and empirical grounds. We … analyze the dynamic relations between efficiency and performance in the German banking market. To this end we use panel data …

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Macroeconomic factors and micro-level bank risk

Buch, Claudia M.; Eickmeier, Sandra; Prieto, Esteban - 2010

The interplay between banks and the macroeconomy is of key importance for financial and economic stability. We analyze this link using a factor-augmented vector autoregressive model (FAVAR) which extends a standard VAR for the U.S. macroeconomy. The model includes GDP growth, inflation, the...

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