What Influences Banks' Choice of Risk Management Tools? Theory and Evidence

57 Pages Posted: 7 Dec 2013 Last revised: 31 Jan 2014

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Dilek Bulbul

Goethe University Frankfurt - House of Finance

Hendrik Hakenes

University of Bonn - Economic Science Area

Claudia Lambert

European Central Bank (ECB)

Date Written: December 6, 2013

Abstract

This paper investigates the factors influencing banks' decision to engage in advanced risk management, from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. In recent decades, credit risk management in banks has become highly sophisticated and banks have become more active and advanced in the management of credit risks. We identify two driving factors for risk management: bank competition and sector concentration in the loan market. We find empirical support for our hypotheses, using a unique data set of 249 German banks; parts of the data set are hand-collected. Bank competition pushes banks to implement advanced risk management. Sector concentration in the loan market promotes credit portfolio modeling, but inhibits credit risk transfer.

Keywords: risk management, credit risk, credit portfolio modeling, credit risk transfer

JEL Classification: G21, L10

Suggested Citation

Bulbul, Dilek and Hakenes, Hendrik and Lambert, Claudia, What Influences Banks' Choice of Risk Management Tools? Theory and Evidence (December 6, 2013). DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 1349, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2364448 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2364448

Dilek Bulbul (Contact Author)

Goethe University Frankfurt - House of Finance ( email )

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Hendrik Hakenes

University of Bonn - Economic Science Area ( email )

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HOME PAGE: http://www.finance.uni-bonn.de/hakenes

Claudia Lambert

European Central Bank (ECB) ( email )

Sonnemannstrasse 22
Frankfurt am Main, 60314
Germany

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