Main Article Content

Abstract

This paper measures individual bank’s impact on banking systemic risk and examines the effect of individual bank’s capital buffer and leverage to bank’s systemic risk impact in Indonesia during 2010-2014. Using Merton’s distance-to-default to measure systemic risk, the study shows a significant negative relationship between bank’s capital buffer and systemic risk. High capital buffer tends to lowering bank’s impact on systemic risk. Bank’s leverage level also influences its contribution to systemic risk, even though the impact is much lower compared to that of capital buffer impact.

Keywords

Systemic risk bank competition distance-to-default capital buff-er leverage

Article Details

Author Biography

Buddi Wibowo, Department of Management, Economic and Business Faculty, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta

Staff Peneliti  Departemen Manajemen Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Universitas Indonesia
How to Cite
Wibowo, B. (2017). Systemic risk, bank’s capital buffer, and leverage. Economic Journal of Emerging Markets, 9(2), 150–158. https://doi.org/10.20885/ejem.vol9.iss2.art4

References

  1. Acemoglu, D., Ozdaglar, A., & Tahbaz-Salehi, A. (2015). Systemic risk and stability in financial networks. American Economic Review, 105(2), 564--608. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20130456
  2. Adrian, T., & Brunnermeier, M. K. (2016). CoVaR. American Economic Review, 106(7), 1705–1744. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20120555
  3. Afik, Z., Arad, O., & Galil, K. (2016). Using Merton model for default prediction: An empirical assessment of selected alternatives. Journal of Empirical Finance, 35, 43–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2015.09.004
  4. Anginer, D., & Demirguc-Kunt, A. (2011). Has the global banking system become more fragile over time? (No. 5849).
  5. Anginer, D., Demirguc-Kunt, A., & Zhu, M. (2014). How does competition affect bank systemic risk? Journal of Financial Intermediation, 23(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfi.2013.11.001
  6. etc.