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The Term Structure of Interbank Risk

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  • Damir FILIPOVIC

    (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute)

  • Anders B. TROLLE

    (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute)

Abstract

We use the term structure of spreads between rates on interest rate swaps indexed to LIBOR and overnight indexed swaps to infer a term structure of interbank risk. We develop a dynamic term structure model with default risk in the interbank market that, in conjunction with information from the credit default swap market, allows us to decompose the term structure of interbank risk into default and non-default components. On average, from August 2007 to January 2011, the fraction of total interbank risk due to default risk increases with maturity. At the short end of the term structure, the non-default component is important in the first half of the sample and is correlated with various measures of market-wide liquidity. Further out the term structure, the default component is the dominant driver of interbank risk throughout the sample period. These results hold true in both the USD and EUR markets and are robust to different model parameterizations and measures of interbank default risk. The analysis has implications for monetary and regulatory policy as well as for pricing, hedging, and risk-management in the interest rate swap market.

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  • Damir FILIPOVIC & Anders B. TROLLE, 2011. "The Term Structure of Interbank Risk," Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series 11-34, Swiss Finance Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:chf:rpseri:rp1134
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    1. Zorana Grbac & Antonis Papapantoleon, 2012. "A tractable LIBOR model with default risk," Papers 1202.0587, arXiv.org, revised Oct 2012.
    2. Kraenzlin, Sébastien & Nellen, Thomas, 2015. "Access policy and money market segmentation," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 1-12.
    3. Marco Taboga, 2014. "What Is a Prime Bank? A Euribor–OIS Spread Perspective," International Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 17(1), pages 51-75, March.
    4. St'ephane Cr'epey & R'emi Gerboud & Zorana Grbac & Nathalie Ngor, 2012. "Counterparty Risk and Funding: The Four Wings of the TVA," Papers 1210.5046, arXiv.org.

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    Keywords

    interbank risk; swap market; default risk; liquidity;
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    JEL classification:

    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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