Financial network systemic risk contributions
Nikolaus Hautsch,
Julia Schaumburg and
Melanie Schienle
No 2011-072, SFB 649 Discussion Papers from Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk
Abstract:
We propose the systemic risk beta as a measure for financial companies' contribution to systemic risk given network interdependence between firms' tail risk exposures. Conditional on statistically pre-identified network spillover effects and market and balance sheet information, we define the systemic risk beta as the time-varying marginal effect of a firm's Value-at-risk (VaR) on the system's VaR. Suitable statistical inference reveals a multitude of relevant risk spillover channels and determines companies' systemic importance in the U.S. financial system. Our approach can be used to monitor companies' systemic importance allowing for a transparent macroprudential regulation.
Keywords: systemic risk contribution; systemic risk network; Value at Risk; network topology; two-step quantile regression; time-varying parameters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C51 C63 G01 G18 G32 G38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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