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Credit Risk in General Equilibrium

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  • Jürgen Eichberger

    (University of Heidelberg, Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften)

  • Klaus Rheinberger

    (Research Centre PPE, Fachhochschule Vorarlberg, Hochschulstr. 1, A-6850 Dornbirn, Austria.)

  • Martin Summer

    (Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Economic Studies Division)

Abstract

Credit risk models used in quantitative risk management treat credit risk analysis conceptually like a single person decision problem. From this perspective an exogenous source of risk drives the fundamental parameters of credit risk: probability of default, exposure at default and the recovery rate. In reality these parameters are the result of the interaction of many market participants: They are endogenous. The authors develop a general equilibrium model with endogenous credit risk that can be viewed as an extension of the capital asset pricing model. They analyze equilibrium prices of securities as well as equilibrium allocations in the presence of credit risk. The authors use the model to discuss the conceptual underpinnings of the approach to risk weight calibration for credit risk taken by the Basel Committee.

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  • Jürgen Eichberger & Klaus Rheinberger & Martin Summer, 2011. "Credit Risk in General Equilibrium," Working Papers 172, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank).
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    Keywords

    Credit Risk; Endogenous Risk; Systemic Risk; Banking Regulation;
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    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • G33 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Bankruptcy; Liquidation
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • D52 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Incomplete Markets

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