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that are driven by out of equilibrium behavior, such as clustered volatility and fat tails. We argue that traditional … banks …
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State guarantees are supposed to have positive influence on banks' ratings as they provide an additional safety net to … guarantees perceptibly affect market prices of securities issued by banks. Our results indicate that banks receive governmental … bailout expectations increase the risk appetite of banks enjoying this governmental support, as protected actors feel less …
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Prior to 2018, accounting rules required banks that recognize financial liabilities at fair value to record unrealized … gains and losses on the liabilities attributable to changes in the banks' own credit risk, referred to as the debt valuation … adjustment (DVA), in earnings each period. Using a comprehensive sample of publicly traded European banks during 2007–2015, we …
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This paper discusses the role of risk management and corporate governance as causal factors in the onset of the financial crisis. The downturn in the housing and mortgage markets precipitated the first phase of the financial crisis in August 2007 when the solvency of a number of large financial...
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13 large banks accounting for 75% of total UK lending. We document a substantial change in the coefficient of the Tier 1 …
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We present an empirical study of stress testing for portfolios of auto loans. We find that loans aged five years or more have significantly higher default probabilities. This finding raises concerns about the increasing maturity of auto loans in recent years. A challenge in stress testing is the...
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Hypothesis, under which stress-tested banks reduce credit supply – particularly to relatively risky borrowers – to decrease their … credit risk. The findings do not support the Moral Hazard Hypothesis, in which these banks expand credit supply … banks, banks that passed the stress tests, and the earlier stress tests …
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representative banks as if the selected banks had implemented Basel IV CAR for the period 2000 and 2018 and used actual data for … banks transitioned from lower to higher Basel CAR. Lastly, this study shows that complying with Basel IV CAR will help … African banks to achieve financial deepening and increase bank lending ability. …
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This paper examines whether Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) was effective in reducing default and credit risk in U.S. banking. We employ parametric, non-parametric, nonlinear and switching cointegration tests and a general-to-specific testing procedure to examine if PCA-defined bank ratios and...
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receding in 2012. Contrary to common perceptions, this did not primarily reflect funds' credit exposure to eurozone banks … credit outlook of banks in the Asia/Pacific region. We conclude that the increase in the credit risk of prime MMFs in the …
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