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Type Working Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Reshaping the Financial Network: Externalities and Redistribution Effects in Central Clearing
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Olga Briukhova
  • Marco D'Errico
  • Stefano Battiston
Language
  • English
Institution University of Zurich
Series Name SSRN
Number 3413844
ISSN 1556-5068
Number of Pages 72
Date 2021
Abstract Text The market infrastructure reform carried out in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis mandates the central clearing of standardized over-the-counter derivatives. We investigate how this reform can impact on the valuation of derivative contracts and how it can lead to unintended value redistribution effects among market participants. The transition to central clearing changes both the counterparty risk and the funding costs associated with a derivative position. By developing a theoretical model of derivative contract valuation, we clarify how these changes affect the expected value adjustments for a particular dealer and identify the three channels of value redistribution. Moreover, we find that, through these value adjustments, mutualization of risks and collateral in a central clearing counterparty can lead to externalities among the members.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.2139/ssrn.3413844
Other Identification Number merlin-id:19282
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