Bank to Sovereign Risk Spillovers Across Borders: Evidence from the ECB's Comprehensive Assessment

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Johannes Breckenfelder

European Central Bank (ECB) - Financial Research

Bernd Schwaab

European Central Bank (ECB) - Directorate General Research

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Date Written: November 6, 2018

Abstract

We study spillovers from bank to sovereign risk in the euro area using difference specifications around the European Central Bank's release of stress test results for 130 significant banks on October 26, 2014. We document that following this information release bank equity prices in stressed countries declined. Surprisingly, bank risk in stressed countries was not absorbed by their sovereigns but spilled over to non-stressed euro area sovereigns. As a result, in non-stressed countries, the co-movement between sovereign and bank risk increased. This suggests that market participants perceived that bank risk is shared within the euro area.

Keywords: bank-sovereign nexus, risk spillovers, stress test, European Central Bank, Comprehensive Assessment

JEL Classification: C68, F34

Suggested Citation

Breckenfelder, Johannes and Schwaab, Bernd, Bank to Sovereign Risk Spillovers Across Borders: Evidence from the ECB's Comprehensive Assessment (November 6, 2018). ECB Working Paper No. 2193, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3280293 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3280293

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Bernd Schwaab

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