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Systemic risk in an interconnected banking system with endogenous asset markets.

Authors :
Bluhm, Marcel
Krahnen, Jan Pieter
Source :
Journal of Financial Stability; Aug2014, Vol. 13, p75-94, 20p
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

We analyze the emergence of systemic risk in a network model of interconnected bank balance sheets. The model incorporates multiple sources of systemic risk, including size of financial institutions, direct exposure from interbank lendings, and asset fire sales. We suggest a new macroprudential risk management approach building on a system wide value at risk (SVaR). Under the SVaR metric, the contribution of individual banks to systemic risk is well defined and can be approximated by a Shapley value-type measure. We show that, in a SVaR regime, a fair systemic risk charge which is proportional to a bank's individual contribution to systemic risk diverges from the optimal macroprudential capitalization of the banks from a planner's perspective. The results have implications for the design of macroprudential capital surcharges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15723089
Volume :
13
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Journal of Financial Stability
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
97305167
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2014.04.002