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Bank Networks: Contagion, Systemic Risk and Prudential Policy
(2015-07-01)
We present a network model of the interbank market in which optimizing risk averse banks lend to each other and invest in non-liquid assets. Market clearing takes place through a tâtonnement process which yields the ...
Optimal Asset Allocation for Interconnected Life Insurers in the Low Interest Rate Environment Under Solvency Regulation
(2014-12-01)
I assess how Basel III, Solvency II and the low interest rate environment will affect the financial connection between the bank and insurance sector by changing the funding patterns of banks as well as the investment ...
How Do Banks React to Catastrophic Events? Evidence from Hurricane Katrina
(2017-09-01)
This paper explores how banks react to an exogenous shock caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and how the structure of the banking system affects economic development following the shock. Independent banks based in the ...
Banking Union and the Governance of Credit Institutions - A Legal Perspective
(2015-04-08)
The creation of the Banking Union is likely to come with substantial implications for the governance of Eurozone banks. The European Central Bank, in its capacity as supervisory authority for systemically important banks, ...
The Effects of Contingent Convertible (CoCo) Bonds on Insurers’ Capital Requirements under Solvency II
(2015-02-01)
The Liikanen Group proposes contingent convertible (CoCo) bonds as a potential mechanism to enhance financial stability in the banking industry. Especially life insurance companies could serve as CoCo bond holders as they ...
On the Impact of Leveraged Buyouts on Bank Systemic Risk
(2015-04-01)
Although banks are at the center of systemic risk, there are other institutions that contribute to it. With the publication of the leveraged lending guideline in March 2013, the U.S. regulators show that they are especially ...
Regulatory Influence on Market Conditions in the Banking Union
(2015-06-02)
This paper looks into the specific influence that the European banking union will have on (future) bank client relationships. It shows that the intended regulatory influence on market conditions in principle serves as a ...
Insurance Activities and Systemic Risk
(2015-12-01)
This paper investigates systemic risk in the insurance industry. We first analyze the systemic contribution of the insurance industry vis-à-vis other industries by applying 3 measures, namely the linear Granger causality ...
Interbank Funding as Insurance Mechanism for (Persistent) Liquidity Shocks
(2015-11-01)
The interbank market is important for the efficient functioning of the financial system, transmission of monetary policy and therefore ultimately the real economy. In particular, it facilitates banks' liquidity management. ...
The Political Economy of Bank Bailouts
(2016-04-14)
In this paper, we examine how the institutional design affects the outcome of bank bailout decisions. In the German savings bank sector, distress events can be resolved by local politicians or a state-level association. ...