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Systemic risk analysis using forward-looking distance-to-default series

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Based on contingent claims theory, this paper develops a method to monitor systemic risk in the European banking system. Aggregated Distance-to-Default series are generated using option prices information from systemically important banks and the DJ STOXX Banks Index. These indicators provide methodological advantages in monitoring vulnerabilities in the banking system over time: 1) they capture interdependences and joint risk of distress in systemically important banks; 2) their forward-looking feature endow them with early signaling properties compared to traditional approaches in the literature and other market-based indicators; and 3) they produce simultaneously both smooth and informative long-term signals and quick and clear reaction to market distress.

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  • Martin Saldias Zambrana, 2010. "Systemic risk analysis using forward-looking distance-to-default series," Working Papers (Old Series) 1005, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
  • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedcwp:1005
    DOI: 10.26509/frbc-wp-201005
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    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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