We exploit a unique dataset that features both un-intermediated mortgage requests and independent responses from multiple banks to each request. We show that households typically are not prudent risk managers, but prioritize minimizing current mortgage payments over insurance against future rate...

The determinants of portfolio choice have been studied extensively in the field of household finance. In this paper we study the determinants of the decision to hold risky assets based on a novel dataset of German bank data. Our primary focus is the question whether East Germans differ in their...

We investigate a network of financial institutions in Korea using the Korea Consumer Credit Panel (KCCP). The main contribution of this paper is that we construct the network of financial institution from the consumer credit level. We assume each consumer make a loan from multiple institutions...

The proposal “Convertible/Bail-inable Dividend Bonds“ aims to reduce limited liability of bank owners: We propose that part (or the whole) dividends of the banks are not paid out cash to the equity holders. The dividends of the banks are given to the supervisory authority, which issues...

We introduce a new measure of systemic risk, the change in the conditional joint probability of default, which assesses the effects of the interdependence in the financial system on the general default risk of sovereign debtors. We apply our measure to examine the fragility of the European...

We outline a procedure for consistent estimation of marginal and joint default risk in the euro area financial system. We interpret the latter risk as the intrinsic financial system fragility and derive several systemic fragility indicators for euro area banks and sovereigns, based on CDS...

We study how monetary policy affects the funding composition of the banking sector. When monetary tightening reduces the supply of retail deposits, banks attempt to substitute wholesale funding for deposit outflows to smooth their lending. Due to financial frictions, banks have varying degrees...

This paper introduces a theoretical liquidity risk model to explain how the fire-sale price happens by banks' portfolio composition and the liquidity shocks. The model illustrates that the derivatives can serves as Arrow-Debreu securities for banks to share and eliminate the liquidity risks. The...

This paper assesses the factors that influence the risk exposure. The cross sectional data are from a recent portfolio for bankcards issued throughout Italy. A multinomial logit framework estimates the probability to incur in one of eleven flagged risk categories depending on a set of...