scholarly journals An Analysis of Sovereign Credit Risk Premia in the Euro Area: Are They Explained by Local or Global Factors?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Cecchetti
Keyword(s):  
Credit Risk ◽  
Euro Area ◽  
Risk Premia ◽  
Sovereign Credit ◽  
Sovereign Credit Risk

In Sickness and in Debt: The COVID-19 Impact on Sovereign Credit Risk

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Augustin ◽  
Valeri Sokolovski ◽  
Marti G. Subrahmanyam ◽  
Davide Tomio
Keyword(s):  
Credit Risk ◽  
Sovereign Credit ◽  
Sovereign Credit Risk

scholarly journals Central bank gold reserves and sovereign credit risk

2021 ◽  
pp. 102127
Author(s):  
Sawan Rathi ◽  
Sanket Mohapatra ◽  
Arvind Sahay
Keyword(s):  
Central Bank ◽  
Credit Risk ◽  
Sovereign Credit ◽  
Sovereign Credit Risk

Banks’ international assets and sovereign default risk

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippo Gori
Keyword(s):  
Credit Risk ◽  
Default Risk ◽  
Sovereign Default ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sovereign Credit ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Sovereign Default Risk ◽  
Sovereign Credit Risk ◽  
Using Data ◽  
International Assets

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the nexus between banks’ foreign assets and sovereign default risk in a panel of 15 developed economies. The empirical evidence suggests that banks’ foreign exposure is an important determinant of sovereign default probability. Design/methodology/approach Using data from the consolidated banking statistics (total foreign claims on ultimate risk basis) by the Bank of International Settlements, the author constructs a measure of bank international exposure to peer countries. This measure is then used as the target variable in a panel regression for sovereign credit default swaps. The model includes 15 European and non-European developed economies. Identification is discussed extensively in the paper. Findings Quantitatively, a 1% increase in banks’ cross-border claims increases sovereign default risk by about 0.19%. The relationship is weaker when banks are more capitalised. On the other hand, governments are more vulnerable to credit risk spillovers from banks’ international portfolios when having higher debt to GDP ratios. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first paper that attempts explicitly to establish an empirical connection between banks’ international assets and sovereign default risk. To the author’s opinion, this paper represents a contribution to our understanding of how sovereign credit risk spills over across countries. It also extends significantly the existing literature on the determinants of sovereign risk (that primarily focused on fundamentals, market characteristics – such as liquidity – and global factors). This paper ultimately sheds some new light on the role of intermediaries in the international transmission of credit risk, also adding to today’s discussion about the linkages between banks and sovereigns.

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