Front Matter Page
African Department
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Methodology
A. Credit risk model
A.1. Large loans
A.2. Small loans
B. Centrality measures
III. Data sources
A. Large-Exposures Database (LED)
B. Borrower and balance sheet statistics
C. Market data
D. The German interbank market
IV. Modeling contagion
A. Bankruptcy costs
V. Optimization
VI. Results
VII. Conclusion