Asset Price Bubbles and Systemic Risk

59 Pages Posted: 16 Oct 2017

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Markus K. Brunnermeier

Princeton University - Department of Economics

Simon C. Rother

Copenhagen Business School

Isabel Schnabel

University of Bonn - Institute for Financial Economics and Statistics; Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

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Date Written: October 2017

Abstract

This paper empirically analyzes the effects of asset price bubbles on systemic risk. Based on a broad sample of banks from 17 OECD countries between 1987 and 2015, we show that asset price bubbles in stock and real estate markets raise systemic risk at the bank level. The strength of the effect depends strongly on bank characteristics (bank size, loan growth, leverage, and maturity mismatch) as well as bubble characteristics (length and size). These findings suggest that the adverse effects of bubbles can be mitigated substantially by strengthening the resilience of financial institutions.

Keywords: Asset price bubbles, CoVaR, Credit Booms, Financial crises, systemic risk

JEL Classification: E32, G01, G12, G20, G32

Suggested Citation

Brunnermeier, Markus Konrad and Rother, Simon and Schnabel, Isabel, Asset Price Bubbles and Systemic Risk (October 2017). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12362, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3053888

Markus Konrad Brunnermeier (Contact Author)

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Simon Rother

Copenhagen Business School ( email )

Isabel Schnabel

University of Bonn - Institute for Financial Economics and Statistics ( email )

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