Brunnermeier et al., (2017) propose a securitization solution for the bank-sovereign doom-loop. This shields senior tranche investors from actual defaults but whether it stabilizes flight-to-safety panics is unclear. We apply dynamic VaR and Marginal Expected Shortfall methods to assess whether...

The risk reducing benefits of the sovereign bond-backed security (SBBS) proposal of Brunnermeier et al. (2016) have been assessed in terms of the likely losses that different kinds of holders would suffer under simulated default scenarios. However, the effects of mark-to-market losses that may...

Using a unique high-frequency data set on a comprehensive sample of Greek blue-chip stocks, spanning from September 2003 through March 2006, this note assesses the extent and role of commonality in returns, order flows, and liquidity. It also formally models aggregate equity returns in terms of...

Inter-dealer trading in US Treasury Securities is almost equally divided between two similar electronic trading platforms. This provides a natural experiment within which to test the propositions of Bloomfield & O'Hara (1999 and 2000) about price discovery in fragmented markets. We examine the...