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Bank solvency stress tests with fire sales

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  • Breuer, Thomas
  • Summer, Martin
  • Urošević, Branko

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We present a new framework combining current methods of bank solvency stress tests with a model of fire sales. We apply the framework to the stress tests conducted by the European Banking Authority. Fire sales are described by an equilibrium model balancing leverage improvements and drops in security prices. Additional bank losses caused by fire sales are significant and go beyond the trivial fact that with fire sales we will get bigger losses. Ignoring potential fire sales effects may lead to a false sense of resilience by assuming that institutions, which are in fact fragile, are resilient.

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  • Breuer, Thomas & Summer, Martin & Urošević, Branko, 2023. "Bank solvency stress tests with fire sales," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finsta:v:67:y:2023:i:c:s157230892300061x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jfs.2023.101161
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    Keywords

    Stress testing; Fire sales; Systemic risk;
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    JEL classification:

    • C18 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Methodolical Issues: General
    • C44 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Operations Research; Statistical Decision Theory
    • C60 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - General
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • M48 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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