Incorporating Systemic Influences into Risk Measurements: A Survey of the Literature

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Linda Allen

City University of New York, Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business - Department of Economics and Finance

Anthony Saunders

New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

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Date Written: December 2002

Abstract

Procyclicality has emerged as a potential drawback to adoption of risk-sensitive bankcapital requirements. Systematic risk factors may result in increases (decreases) in bankcapital requirements when the economy is depressed (overheated), thereby decreasing(increasing) bank lending capacity and exacerbating business cycle fluctuations.Procyclicality may result from systematic risk emanating from common macroeconomicinfluences or from interdependencies across firms as financial markets and institutionsconsolidate internationally. We describe cyclical effects on operational risk, credit risk and market risk measures.

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Allen, Linda and Saunders, Anthony, Incorporating Systemic Influences into Risk Measurements: A Survey of the Literature (December 2002). NYU Working Paper No. FIN-02-044, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1294416

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