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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title The disciplining effect of supervisory scrutiny in the EU-wide stress test
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Christoffer Kok
  • Carola Müller
  • Steven Ongena
  • Cosimo Pancaro
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Journal of Financial Intermediation
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1042-9573
Volume 53
Page Range 101015
Date 2023
Abstract Text Relying on confidential supervisory data related to the 2016 EU-wide stress test, this paper presents novel empirical evidence that supervisory scrutiny associated to stress testing has a disciplining effect on bank risk. We find that banks that participated in the 2016 EU-wide stress test subsequently reduced their credit risk relative to banks that were not part of this exercise. Relying on new metrics for supervisory scrutiny that measure the quantity, potential impact, and duration of interactions between banks and supervisors during the stress test, we find that the disciplining effect is stronger for banks subject to more intrusive supervisory scrutiny during the exercise. We also find that a strong risk management culture is a prerequisite for the supervisory scrutiny to be effective. Finally, we show that a similar disciplining effect is not exerted neither by higher capital charges nor by more transparency and related market discipline induced by the stress test.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.jfi.2022.101015
Other Identification Number merlin-id:22952
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