Procyclical Leverage and Value-at-Risk
The availability of credit varies over the business cycle through shifts in the leverage of financial intermediaries. Empirically, we find that...
Global Financial Systems: Stability and Risk
The book uses economic theory, finance, mathematical modelling, risk theory, and policy to posit a comprehensive, coherent and current economic...
Iceland’s post-Crisis economy: A myth or a miracle?
Icelandic voters recently ejected its post-Crisis government – a government that successfully avoided economic collapse when the odds were stacked...
Capital controls are still ruining Iceland after half a decade
One aspect of the Cypriot crisis resolution is of particular concern. As authorities fear that anyone with money in Cyprus will want to take it out as...
The capital controls in Cyprus and the Icelandic experience
Cyprus has imposed temporary capital controls. This column sheds light on how temporary and how damaging they are likely to be, based on Iceland’s...
Towards a more procyclical financial system
Is the fact that different banks have different risk models problematic? Contrary to the Basel Committee and the European Banking Authority, this...
Foresight: The Future of Computer Trading in Financial Markets
SRC researchers were involved in a study that explores how computer generated trading in financial markets will evolve over the next 10 years. The...
Agency, Firm Growth, and Managerial Turnover
We study managerial incentive provision under moral hazard in a firm subject to stochastic growth opportunities. In our model, managers are dismissed...
