Systemic risk in clearing houses: Evidence from the European repo market

We study how crises affect Central Clearing Counterparties (CCPs). We focus on a large and safe segment of the CCP-cleared repo market during the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis. We develop a simple model to infer CCP stress, which is measured as repo rates' sensitivity to sovereign credit defau...

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Main Authors: Boissel, Charles (Author), Derrien, François (Author), Ors, Evren (Author), Thesmar, David Jean Joseph (Author)
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier BV, 2020-09-22T14:11:29Z.
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