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  "title": "Short-Term Wholesale Funding and Systemic Risk: A Global Covar Approach",
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  "summary": "In this paper we identify some of the main factors behind systemic risk in a set of international large-scale complex banks using the novel CoVaR approach. We find that short-term wholesale funding is a key determinant in triggering systemic risk episodes.",
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      "content": "- Paper identifies main factors behind systemic risk in a set of international large-scale complex banks using the novel CoVaR approach.\n- Finds short-term wholesale funding is a key determinant in triggering systemic risk episodes.\n- Finds no evidence that a larger size increases systemic risk within the class of large global banks.\n- Shows that the sensitivity of system-wide risk to an individual bank is asymmetric across episodes of positive and negative asset returns."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Short-term wholesale funding emerges as the most relevant systemic factor.\n- No evidence that larger size increases systemic risk within the class of large global banks.\n- Sensitivity of system-wide risk to an individual bank is asymmetric across episodes of positive and negative asset returns."
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      "content": "- Results support the Basel Committee's proposal to introduce a net stable funding ratio, penalizing excessive exposure to liquidity risk."
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      "content": "- Approach: novel CoVaR approach applied to a set of international large-scale complex banks.\n- Themes and methods referenced: Econometric analysis, Vector autoregression, systemic risk assessment."
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      "content": "- Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Econometric analysis, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial statements, Public financial management (PFM), Systemic risk, Vector autoregression\n- Keywords: Africa, BAA corporate bond yield, balance sheet, balance-sheet data, bank characteristic, bank Dummiesj, bank overdraft, bank recapitalization date, Commercial banks, composite index, Europe, Financial statements, financial system, Global, Liquidity Risk, Macroprudential Regulation, ranking bank, Systemic Risk, Vector autoregression, Wholesale Funding, WP, yield spread\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp1246\n  - wp1246 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp1246 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/short-term-wholesale-funding-and-systemic-risk-a-global-covar-approach-25720"
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    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781463936471.001",
    "Paper identifies main factors behind systemic risk in a set of international large-scale complex banks using the novel CoVaR approach.",
    "Finds short-term wholesale funding is a key determinant in triggering systemic risk episodes.",
    "Finds no evidence that a larger size increases systemic risk within the class of large global banks.",
    "Shows that the sensitivity of system-wide risk to an individual bank is asymmetric across episodes of positive and negative asset returns.",
    "Short-term wholesale funding emerges as the most relevant systemic factor.",
    "No evidence that larger size increases systemic risk within the class of large global banks.",
    "Sensitivity of system-wide risk to an individual bank is asymmetric across episodes of positive and negative asset returns.",
    "Results support the Basel Committee's proposal to introduce a net stable funding ratio, penalizing excessive exposure to liquidity risk.",
    "Approach: novel CoVaR approach applied to a set of international large-scale complex banks.",
    "Themes and methods referenced: Econometric analysis, Vector autoregression, systemic risk assessment.",
    "Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Econometric analysis, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial statements, Public financial management (PFM), Systemic risk, Vector autoregression",
    "Keywords: Africa, BAA corporate bond yield, balance sheet, balance-sheet data, bank characteristic, bank Dummiesj, bank overdraft, bank recapitalization date, Commercial banks, composite index, Europe, Financial statements, financial system, Global, Liquidity Risk, Macroprudential Regulation, ranking bank, Systemic Risk, Vector autoregression, Wholesale Funding, WP, yield spread",
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