Simone Varotto

ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading

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P.O. Box 242

Reading RG6 6BA

United Kingdom

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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
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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
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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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Credit and Liquidity Components of Corporate CDS Spreads

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2013
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
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CDS, Liquidity, Credit Risk, Financial Crisis, Informed trading, Trade impact

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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
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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
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Systemic Risk, Financial Crisis, Bank Regulation, Contingent Claim Analysis

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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
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credit spreads, price discovery, volatility spillovers, credit and equity derivatives, information flow

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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
Lara Cathcart, Alfonso Dufour, Ludovico Rossi and Simone Varotto
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
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Government Bonds, Stock-Bond Co-movements, Subprime Crisis, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk.

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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
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credit spreads, price discovery, multivariate GARCH

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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
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Corporate Governance, Bank Mergers, Executive Compensation, Bonus

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

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Deal Complexity, Default Risk and the Resilience of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Market

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 27 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2021
Monica Billio, Monica Billio, Alfonso Dufour, Samuele Segato and Simone Varotto
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
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Asset-Backed Securities, STS Securitisation, Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities, Default Risk, COVID-19 pandemic

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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
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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
Monica Billio, Monica Billio, Filippo Busetto, Alfonso Dufour and Simone Varotto
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
Dina Ghanma, Ioannis Oikonomou, Lisa Schopohl and Simone Varotto
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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Corporate Bankruptcy and Banking Competition: The Effect of Financial Leverage

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2021
Lara Cathcart, Alfonso Dufour, Ludovico Rossi and Simone Varotto
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 Competition, Default Risk, Financial Leverage, Syndicated Loans

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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
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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
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Sovereign Debt Crisis, Shadow Banking, Liquidity, Money Market Funds, Financial Regulation

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Timeliness of Spread Implied Ratings

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Timeliness of Spread Implied Ratings

European Financial Management, Vol. 14, Issue 3, pp. 503-527, June 2008
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 May 2008
Jianming Kou and Simone Varotto
University of Reading - ICMA Centre and ICMA Centre - Henley Business School, University of Reading
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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