This paper investigates the impact of governance and regulation on systemic risk across a sample of banks from 10 Emerging CEE countries during 2005-2012. Overall, our results show that tight internal risk management mechanisms and shareholder-friendly supervisory boards are associated with...

This paper investigates the effect of international swap lines on stock returns using data from banks in emerging markets. The analysis first shows that swap lines by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) had a positive impact on bank stocks in Central and Eastern Europe. It then highlights the...

This paper examines cyclical behavior of banks' systemic risk contribution and exposure. Using an unbalanced panel of 787 banks from countries members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the European Union covering the period 2000:Q1-2017:Q4, we document that both...

Using an international sample of 95 banks from 21 European and North American countries spanning from 2008 to 2014, this paper assesses the effectiveness of a large set of general and housing macro-prudential policies in controlling banks' systemic importance and risk-taking incentives....