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The risk-taking channel of monetary policy in the US : Evidence from corporate loan data
(07.08.2017)
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 18/2017
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 18/2017
To study the presence of a risk-taking channel in the US, we build a comprehensive dataset from the syndicated corporate loan market and measure monetary policy using different measures, most notably Taylor (1993) and Romer ...
Domestic banks as lightning rods? Home bias and information during Eurozone crisis
(05.02.2019)
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 3/2019
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 3/2019
European banks have been criticized for holding excessive domestic government debt during economic downturns, which may have intensified the diabolic loop between sovereign and bank credit risks. By using a novel bank-level ...
How large banks use CDS to manage risks: bank-firm-level evidence
(29.04.2016)
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 10/2016
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 10/2016
We test five hypotheses on whether banks use CDS to hedge corporate loans, provide credit enhancements, obtain regulatory capital relief, and exploit banking relationship and private information. Linking large banks’ CDS ...
Risky debt, bad bank and government
(30.11.1993)
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 16/1993
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 16/1993
The purpose of this paper is to put forward a valuation framework for interest rate sensitive claims. We concentrate on secured loans. The value of the secured loan depends upon the coupon rate, the maturity, the term ...
When uncertainty decouples expected and unexpected losses
(26.01.2022)
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 4/2022
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 4/2022
A parsimonious extension of a well-known portfolio credit-risk model allows us to study a salient stylized fact – abrupt switches between high- and low-loss phases– from a risk-management perspective. As uncertainty about ...
Forecasting expected and unexpected losses
(21.12.2020)
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 18/2020
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 18/2020
Extending a standard credit-risk model illustrates that a single factor can drive both expected losses and the extent to which they may be exceeded in extreme scenarios, ie “unexpected losses.” This leads us to develop a ...
Should bank capital requirements be less risk-sensitive because of credit constraints?
(15.05.2017)
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 10/2017
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers 10/2017
We consider optimal capital requirements for banks' lending activities when the potential trade-off between financial stability and economic (productivity) growth is taken into account. Both sides of the trade-off are ...