• Central Clearing and Risk Transformation 

      Cont, Rama (Working Papers;3/2017, Working paper, 2017)
      The clearing of over-the-counter transactions through central counterparties (CCPs), one of the pillars of financial reform following the crisis of 2007-2008, has promoted CCPs as key elements of the new global financial ...
    • The cost efficiency improvement of Norwegian banks can be explained by automation and digitalisation 

      Andersen, Henrik (Staff Memo;9/2020, Working paper, 2020)
      Operating costs in the Norwegian banking sector have been reduced considerably in recent decades, both as a share of income and assets. This has increased banks’ resilience to increased losses and reduced the risk of crises. ...
    • Effects of the IRB approach on bank lending to Norwegian enterprises 

      Andersen, Henrik; Juelsrud, Ragnar Enger; Kostøl, Andreas (Staff Memo;1/2020, Working paper, 2020)
      This paper analyses how the introduction of the IRB approach may have affected banks' lending to enterprises, lending margins and portfolio quality in Norway. Our results show that the IRB banks' lending margins decreased ...
    • The End of the Waterfall: Default Resources of Central Counterparties 

      Cont, Rama (Working Papers;16/2015, Working paper, 2015)
      Central counterparties (CCPs) have become pillars of the new global financial architecture following the financial crisis of 2008. The key role of CCPs in mitigating counterparty risk and contagion has in turn cast them ...