Enhanced Debt Management: Solving the eurozone crisis by linking debt management with fiscal and monetary policy

Unconventional approaches to suit unusual circumstances have become acceptable in monetary policy, a formerly highly conservative discipline. In this paper it is argued that unconventional approaches should also be considered in sovereign debt management, in order to contribute to resolving the eurozone sovereign debt crisis. First, the Troika crisis lending to indebted sovereign borrowers in the eurozone is reviewed and compared with standard IMF post-crisis lending. The main difference and shortcoming is the unsustainable character of the eurozone approach, due to the omission of demand stimulation components. To address this and other shortcomings, the features of an ideal alternative funding tool are identified. It would solve the funding problems of affected sovereigns, help stabilise the banking system, but most of all stimulate domestic demand and hence end the vicious downward spiral. It is found that this funding method can be implemented as part of enhanced public debt management by each nation's debt management office.     

Is recovery risk priced?

Recovery risk to explain corporate debt premia has not received much attention so far, most likely due to the difficulties around decomposing the expected loss. We exploit the fact that differently-ranking debt instruments of the same issuer face identical default risk but different default-conditional recovery rates. This allows us to isolate implied recovery under the T-forward measure without any of the rigid assumptions employed by prior studies. We find a pronounced systematic component in recovery rates for which investors should receive a premium. Comparisons to physical realizations show that the premium is quite time-stable and similar for different debt seniorities.     

货币政策传导机制：货币渠道抑或信贷渠道

对中国货币政策的传导机制实证分析得出:货币供给量与国内生产总值存在长期稳定关系,货币供给量作为货币政策代理变量具有较大的内生性;但是信贷配额与国内生产总值之间不存在长期稳定关系。中国货币政策传导机制主要还是货币渠道进行的,信贷渠道还不是货币政策传到的主渠道。     

Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance and bond credit spreads: Evidence from China

Using hand-collected data on purchases of D&O insurance by Chinese listed firms for the period from 2008 to 2019, we empirically find that D&O insurance negatively associates with credit spreads. The negative relationship still holds after conducting a series of robustness tests and is not driven by the eyeball effect. We also show that D&O insurance can reduce credit spreads via the channels of internal controls, external monitoring, information asymmetry and default risk. Moreover, the negative effect of D&O insurance on credit spreads is more pronounced for non-state-owned firms, those located in regions with a low level of marketization or that employ rating agencies with a bad reputation. Our study complements the literature on the credit spreads and corporate governance.     

CDOs and the financial crisis: Credit ratings and fair premia

We study risk and return characteristics of CDOs using the market standard models. We find that fair spreads on CDO tranches are much higher than fair spreads on similarly-rated corporate bonds. Our results imply that credit ratings are not sufficient for pricing, which is surprising given their central role in structured finance markets. This illustrates limitations of the rating methodologies that are solely based on real-world default probabilities or expected losses and do not capture risk premia. We also demonstrate that CDO tranches have large exposure to systematic risk and thus their ratings and prices are likely to decline substantially when credit conditions deteriorate.     

征信领域金融消费者权益保护研究进展、问题与前瞻

近年来,征信领域金融消费者保护研究取得了很大的进展。但也存在一些问题：存在调研报告化倾向;研究方法较为单一;还没有形成理论体系等。梳理归纳征信领域金融消费者保护的研究成果,探究今后的研究方向,具有重要的意义。     

信用衍生品对货币政策传导效应的影响

选取美国1981~2008年的数据,研究信用衍生品发展对货币政策传导效应的影响。通过运用协整回归、格兰杰因果检验及方差分解等实证分析方法的研究表明,信用衍生品的发展弱化了货币政策的效果,增大了货币政策时滞的不确定性。因此,中央银行制订货币政策时应考虑信用衍生品的因素。     

农户信贷约束下农村土地要素市场发育

本文从投资对农户土地要素供求的影响角度分析农村土地要素市场发育滞后的原因，分析得出农村土地权利的缺失导致农户失去利用正规金融渠道的基础，造成农户信贷约束，限制了农户农业生产性投资的增长；这样农户信贷约束的存在就抑制了农户对土地要素的需求，同时降低土地租金率，使得农村土地要素市场处于低水平均衡状态。     

从美国对信用衍生工具监管变革看我国信用衍生工具市场发展

在美国金融危机中,信用衍生工具曾经扮演着扩大和传递风险的作用。因此,如何借鉴美国对信用衍生工具的认识和监管,将对我国在规范中发展信用衍生工具市场具有重大借鉴意义。     

地方政府财政压力与银行信贷资源配置效率——基于我国城市商业银行的研究证据

基于2005—2015年我国城市商业银行的样本,本文研究省级地方政府财政压力是否对商业银行信贷资金投向和信贷资源配置效率产生影响。研究发现,地方政府财政压力是影响城市商业银行信贷资源配置的重要因素。具体而言,省级地方政府的财政压力越大,省内城市商业银行投向地方国有经济部门的贷款比率越高。然而,信贷资源更多投向地方国有经济部门的银行有更高的不良贷款率和更差的会计业绩。进一步研究发现,在财政压力大的省份,城市商业银行投向地方国有经济部门的贷款比率越高,则贷款拨备率越低,这表明城市商业银行会通过盈余管理行为来应对监管压力。本文研究结论对商业银行监管以及防范化解金融风险有重要启示。