Systemic Risk in Europe

Review of Finance (2015) 19(1), 145-190

55 Pages Posted: 22 Dec 2012 Last revised: 9 Feb 2016

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Robert F. Engle

New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); New York University (NYU) - Volatility and Risk Institute

Eric Jondeau

University of Lausanne - Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC Lausanne); Swiss Finance Institute; Swiss Finance Institute

Michael Rockinger

University of Lausanne - School of Economics and Business Administration (HEC-Lausanne); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Swiss Finance Institute

Date Written: February 1, 2014

Abstract

Systemic risk may be defined as the propensity of a financial institution to be undercapitalized when the financial system as a whole is undercapitalized. In this paper, we investigate the case of non-U.S. institutions, with several factors explaining the dynamics of financial firms returns and with asynchronicity of time zones. We apply this methodology to the 196 largest European financial firms and estimate their systemic risk over the 2000-2012 period. We find that, for certain countries, the cost for the taxpayer to rescue the riskiest domestic banks is so high that some banks might be considered too big to be saved.

Keywords: Systemic Risk, Marginal Expected Shortfall, Multi-factor Model

JEL Classification: C32, G01,G20, G28, G32

Suggested Citation

Engle, Robert F. and Jondeau, Eric and Rockinger, Georg Michael, Systemic Risk in Europe (February 1, 2014). Review of Finance (2015) 19(1), 145-190, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2192536 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2192536

Robert F. Engle

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