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We develop a framework for modeling conditional loss distributions through the introduction of risk factor dynamics. Asset value changes of a credit portfolio are linked to a dynamic global macroeconometric model, allowing macro effects to be isolated from idiosyncratic shocks. Default...
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This paper considers a simple model of credit risk and derives the limit distribution of losses under different assumptions regarding the structure of systematic and idiosyncratic risks and the nature of firm heterogeneity. The theoretical results obtained indicate that if firm-specific risk...
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Is there something special, with respect to risk and capital, about a financial conglomerate that combines banking, insurance and potentially other financial and non-financial activities? To what degree is the risk of the whole less than the sum of its parts? This paper seeks to address these...
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We report evidence from the equity market that unused loan commitments expose banks to systematic liquidity risk … as they were needed -- when liquidity demanded by firms taking down funds from commercial paper backup lines of credit … peaked. Our evidence suggests that combining loan commitments with deposits mitigates liquidity risk, and that this deposit …
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Liquidity risk in banking has been attributed to transactions deposits and their potential to spark runs or panics. We … show instead that transactions deposits help banks hedge liquidity risk from unused loan commitments. Bank stock …. This deposit-lending risk management synergy becomes more powerful during periods of tight liquidity, when nervous …
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Unused loan commitments expose banks to systematic liquidity risk, but this exposure can be reduced by combining loan … during periods of tight liquidity, when nervous investors move funds into their banks. Thus, the simultaneous taking of … deposits and lending may be thought of as a liquidity hedge …
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