Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/268934 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
JRC Working Papers in Economics and Finance No. 2022/8
Publisher: 
European Commission, Ispra
Abstract: 
This paper uses a stylized simulation model to assess the potential impact of transition risk on banks' balance sheets and establishes a basis for calibrating relevant macro-prudential instruments. We show that even in the short run, a fire-sale mechanism could amplify an initially contained shock on highcarbon assets into a systemic crisis with significant losses for the EU banking sector. We calculate that an additional capital buer of 0.5% RWA on average would be sucient to protect the system. Moreover, under an orderly transition, the decrease in banks' transition risk exposure due to the greening of the economy would reduce the eect of a fire-sale by a factor of 10.
Subjects: 
Green transition risk
dynamic balance sheet
banking crisis
JEL: 
C15
G2
Q54
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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