Case Study of Three German Banks Stuck in the Subprime Crisis

Peixin Zhang

No 2010-20, EconomiX Working Papers from University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX

Abstract: This paper is aimed at finding banks' destabilizing behaviors that explain why the impact of the crisis is so serious in the banking system. By comparing three German banks stuck in the crisis, I find that: I) the leverage is a common destabilizing factor and, ii) the banks were highly interconnected to other financial institutions and had a large maturity mismatch were more seriously affected by the crisis.

Keywords: Systemic crisis; Leverage; Maturity mismatch; Banking regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G01 G14 G21 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2010
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