Systemic risk and bank size

Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 and Zhao, L. (2018) Systemic risk and bank size. Journal of International Money and Finance, 82. pp. 45-70. ISSN 0261-5606 doi: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2017.12.002

Abstract/Summary

In this paper we analyse firm level systemic risk for US and European banks from 2004 to 2012. We observe that common systemic risk indicators are primarily driven by firm size which implies an overriding concern for “too-big-to-fail” institutions. However, smaller banks may still pose considerable systemic threats, as exemplified by the Northern Rock debacle in 2007. By introducing a simple standardisation, we obtain new risk measures that often prove to be superior predictors of financial distress during the 2007-2009 subprime crisis. We conclude that the new measures could be a valuable addition to the existing indicators employed in Basel III to identify systemically important banks.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/74559
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.jimonfin.2017.12.002
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > Finance and Accounting
Publisher	Elsevier
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