Simone Varotto

ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading

Whiteknights Park

P.O. Box 242

Reading RG6 6BA

United Kingdom

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Scholarly Papers (31)

1.

A New World Post COVID-19: Lessons for Business, the Finance Industry and Policy Makers

Venezia Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, 2020
Number of pages: 375 Posted: 05 Aug 2020
Monica Billio, Monica Billio and Simone Varotto
University of Venice - Department of EconomicsCa Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Unemployment, Travel, Debt, Real Estate, Fiscal Policy, COVID-19, Bank Default, Pandemic, Sports Economics, Mergers, Equity Market, Pension Contributions, Gender, Future of Work, Soccer, Tourism, Green Deal, Measurement, Oil Markets, Labour Market

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Liquidity Risk, Credit Risk, Market Risk and Bank Capital

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Jan 2011
Simone Varotto
ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Liquidity Risk, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Financial Crisis, Basel III

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An Assessment of the Internal Rating Based Approach in Basel II

Journal of Risk Model Validation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2008
Simone Varotto
ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 833 (61,225)
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Basel II, Internal Rating Based Approach, Credit Rating, Credit Risk

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Ratings-Based Credit Risk Modelling: An Empirical Analysis

International Review of Financial Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 Oct 2007
Pamela Nickell, William Perraudin and Simone Varotto
Moody's KMV - New York Office, Imperial College London - Accounting, Finance, and Macroeconomics and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Credit risk models, Value-at-Risk

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Stress Testing Credit Risk: The Great Depression Scenario

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2011
Simone Varotto
ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 561 (101,987)
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Credit Risk, Financial Crisis, Stress Testing, Basel 3

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Tests on the Accuracy of Basel II

CREDIT RISK: MODELS, DERIVATIVES AND MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS SERIES, N. Wagner, ed., Chapman & Hall, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 Aug 2007
Simone Varotto
ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Basel II, credit rating, credit risk

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Agency Incentives and Reputational Distortions: A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Value-at-Risk and Pre-Commitment in Regulating Market Risk

Bank of England Working Paper No. 69
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Aug 1998
Arupratan Daripa and Simone Varotto
affiliation not provided to SSRN and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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The Time Varying Properties of Credit and Liquidity Components of CDS Spreads

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 30 May 2024
Filippo Coro, Alfonso Dufour and Simone Varotto
University of Reading, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 355 (174,625)
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CDS, Liquidity, Credit Risk, Financial Crisis, Informed trading, Trade impact

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Climate Adaptation Disclosure: Does it Bring Home the Green?

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 04 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2024
ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, University of Reading - Department of Meteorology and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Climate Change, Adaptation, Firm Value, Information Disclosure, Uncertainty

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Total Return and Credit Spread Diversification in International Bond Portfolios

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2008
Simone Varotto
ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 340 (183,042)
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Diversification, Bonds, Currency risk, Country risk, Industry risk, Maturity, Seniority, Credit Rating, Credit Spreads

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Systemic Risk and Bank Size

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 06 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2017
Simone Varotto and Lei Zhao
ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading and ESCP Business School
Downloads 309 (202,656)
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Systemic Risk, Financial Crisis, Bank Regulation, Contingent Claim Analysis

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The Differential Impact of Leverage on the Default Risk of Small and Large Firms

Number of pages: 83 Posted: 17 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2019
Imperial College Business School, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, CUNEF Universidad and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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The Equity-Like Behaviour of Sovereign Bonds

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2016
Alfonso Dufour, Andrei Stancu and Simone Varotto
ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, University of East Anglia (UEA) - Norwich Business School and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 247 (255,174)
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Government Bonds, Stock-Bond Co-movements, Subprime Crisis, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk.

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Corporate Governance, Bank Mergers and Executive Compensation

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 03 Dec 2014
Yan Liu, Carol Padgett and Simone Varotto
University of Reading - ICMA Centre, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, Univeristy of Reading and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 233 (269,958)
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Corporate Governance, Bank Mergers, Executive Compensation, Bonus

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Price Discovery of Credit Spreads in Tranquil and Crisis Periods

International Review of Financial Analysis, Vol. 30, pp. 242-253, 2013
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2019
Davide E. Avino, Emese Lazar and Simone Varotto
University of LiverpoolFinancial Mathematics and Computation Cluster, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 227 (276,904)
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credit spreads, price discovery, volatility spillovers, credit and equity derivatives, information flow

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Complexity and the Default Risk of Mortgage-Backed Securities

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 27 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2023
University of Venice - Department of EconomicsCa Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 194 (322,430)
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Asset-Backed Securities, STS Securitisation, Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities, Default Risk, COVID-19 pandemic

Corporate Bankruptcy and Banking Deregulation: the Effect of Financial Leverage

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 17 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2022
Imperial College Business School, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, CUNEF Universidad and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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banking deregulation; banking competition; bankruptcy risk; debt maturity; financial constraints; financial leverage

Corporate Bankruptcy and Banking Deregulation: The Effect of Financial Leverage

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 29 Nov 2022
Imperial College Business School, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, CUNEF Universidad and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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banking deregulation, banking competition, bankruptcy risk, debt maturity, financial constraints, financial leverage

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The Impact of Global Warming on Small and Micro European Firms

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
Imperial College Business School, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Temperature shocks, small and micro firms, climate risk, firm performance

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Value at Risk and Precommitment: Approaches to Market Risk Regulation

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 4, No. 3, October 1998
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Nov 2007
Arupratan Daripa and Simone Varotto
affiliation not provided to SSRN and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 166 (368,741)
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capital regulation

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Bond Supply Expectations and the Term Structure of Interest Rates

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 01 Jul 2020
University of Venice - Department of EconomicsCa Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia, European Central Bank (ECB), ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Expected Supply, Quantitative Easing, Term Structure, Interest Rates, Government Bonds

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The Value of Being Responsible in a Crisis: An Analysis of the European Market

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Apr 2021
University of Reading - ICMA Centre, University of Reading - ICMA Centre, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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corporate social responsibility, ESG controversies, financial crises, stock returns

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Time Varying Price Discovery

Economics Letters, Vol. 126, pp. 18-21, 2015
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2019
Davide E. Avino, Emese Lazar and Simone Varotto
University of LiverpoolFinancial Mathematics and Computation Cluster, University of Reading - ICMA Centre and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 149 (403,975)
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credit spreads, price discovery, multivariate GARCH

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Greenium Fluctuations and Climate Awareness in the Corporate Bond Market

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 24 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2024
Massimo Dragotto, Alfonso Dufour and Simone Varotto
ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Greenium, Green Bonds, Climate Change, Market Sentiment, Natural Disasters

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The Systemic Risk of Leveraged and Covenant-Lite Loan Syndications

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2024
University of Reading - Henley Business School,, University of Venice - Department of EconomicsCa Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading and Imperial College Business School
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Leveraged loans, covenant-lite loans, loan syndication, systemic risk, financial networks.

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COVID-19 and Fiscal Policy in the Euro Area

A New World Post COVID-19: Lessons for Business, the Finance Industry and Policy Makers, 2020
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Aug 2020
Filippo Busetto, Alfonso Dufour and Simone Varotto
European Central Bank (ECB), ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 129 (452,887)

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Fiscal Policy, Debt, COVID-19, Interest Rates, Sovereign Yields

Rain or Shine, Default Risks Align: Exploring the Climate-Default Nexus in Small and Micro Firms

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 24 Jul 2023
Imperial College Business School, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, CUNEF Universidad and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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climate risk, physical risk, credit risk, SMEs JEL: G30, G33

Rain or Shine, Default Risks Align: Exploring the Climate-Default Nexus in Small and Micro Firms

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 04 Jun 2024
Imperial College Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, CUNEF Universidad and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Climate risk, Physical risk, Credit risk, SMEs

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Correlation and Residential Mortgage Default

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Nov 2023
Simone Varotto and Chiara Maria Ventura
ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading and University of Reading - Department of Real Estate and Planning
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Residential Mortgages, Default Risk, Portfolio Correlation, Basel Regulation, Great Financial Crisis

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Leveraged and Covenant-Lite Loans, Syndication Networks and Systemic Risk

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 28 Jul 2022
University of Venice - Department of EconomicsCa Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading, University of Reading - Henley Business School, and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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Leveraged loans, covenant-lite loans, systemic risk, financial networks.

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Is Small Beautiful? The Resilience of Small Banks During the European Debt Crisis

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2019
Cai Liu and Simone Varotto
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 82 (618,393)
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Bank Lending, Eurozone Crisis, Government Bonds, Sovereign Risk

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Liquidity and Shadow Banking

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 29 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2017
Zary Aftab and Simone Varotto
ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
Downloads 73 (659,158)
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Sovereign Debt Crisis, Shadow Banking, Liquidity, Money Market Funds, Financial Regulation

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Timeliness of Spread Implied Ratings

European Financial Management Journal, Forthcoming
Posted: 16 Oct 2007
Jianming Kou and Simone Varotto
University of Reading - ICMA Centre and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading

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Credit rating, Spread implied rating, Credit risk