Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185867 
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2007
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[Journal:] Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics [ISSN:] 2235-6282 [Volume:] 143 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2007 [Pages:] 49-65
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This paper evaluates the reduction of credit risk that can be achieved in Switzerland by a national diversification of bank lending. Using a credit risk model based on corporate default rates, I find that the risk of a nationally diversified loan portfolio is up to 20% smaller than the sum of the risks of regional portfolios. From a financial stability perspective, this substantial risk diversification potential should motivate particular scrutiny on the more than hundred Swiss banks staying on the regional business model.
Subjects: 
diversification
economic capital
consolidation
JEL: 
G21
G28
G31
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