Systemic risk and the organization of the financial system: overview

Clas Wihlborg

Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 2018, vol. 10, issue 2, 202-212

Abstract: Purpose - Before providing an overview of the conference with the above title and this Special Issue, this paper aims to present a view of the meaning of systemic risk, factors that affect systemic risk and measures of systemic risk. Thereafter, the conference presentations and the papers in this issue are summarized. Design/methodology/approach - Characteristics and measures of systemic risk are reviewed. Conference papers and presentations are summarized. Findings - While some aspects of systemic risk of a financial institution can be measured, an important aspect associated with contagion through markets is not easily captured by simple measures. Originality/value - The conference and the papers in this issue contribute to the policy debate about sources and characteristics of systemic risk.

Keywords: Systematic; risk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1108/JFEP-02-2018-0021

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