Research

Publication


Constrained Efficient Equilibria in Selection Markets With Continuous Types 

with Irina Gemmo and Casey Rothschild Journal of Public Economics (2020) 190:104237


We propose an equilibrium concept for markets with continuous unobservable types that leads to constrained efficient allocations, building on the Miyazaki-Wilson-Spence equilibrium, and formulate a simple algorithm for numerical implementation.

Working Papers


Investor-Driven Corporate Finance: Evidence from Insurance Markets

[Paper] (R&R Review of Financial Studies)


Bond investors affect the financing and investment decisions of nonfinancial firms through their price impact.
Policy

- Presentations at NY Fed-ECB Workshop on NBFIs (2023), BOE-BOJ-ECB Research Workshop (2022), ECB (2022), EIOPA (2021)

- Policy articles: ECB Research Bulletin No. 110, VoxEU


Conference presentations: FIRS (2023), AEA-ARIA session (2023), SGF (2023), Chicago Fed Workshop on Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries (2023), German Insurance Science Association (2023), Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (2022)

Tackling the Volatility Paradox: Spillover Persistence and Systemic Risk

[Paper / Slides]   (R&R Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis)


Spillover Persistence is a novel characteristic of systemic risk, which captures and disentangles fragility and amplification effects in the financial system. 
Conference presentations: AEA (2022, Poster), Eastern Finance Association (2021), IWH-FIN-FIRE Workshop (2020), University of Bonn Workshop in Financial Economics (2018), AFA (2017, Poster), Deutsche Bundesbank (2017), German Finance Association (2016), ARIA (2016), Huebner Doctoral Colloquium (2016), EGRIE (2016)

Loss Sharing in Central Clearinghouses: Winners and Losers 

with Loriana Pelizzon and Mila Getmansky Sherman 

[Paper / Slides]   (R&R Review of Asset Pricing Studies)


Central clearing of derivatives transactions favors dealers with flat portfolios compared to other market participants, such as end-investors. The reason are loss sharing rules, which central clearinghouses design to maximize total fee income. 
Conference presentations: AFA (2020), CEBRA (2020), SIAM Financial Mathematics and Engineering (2019), Conference on the Regulation and Operation of Modern Financial Markets (2019), ECB Money Market Workshop (2018), SAFE conference (2018)

Life Insurance Convexity

with Nicolaus Grochola and Helmut GründlPrevious title: Rising interest rates and liquidity risk in the life insurance sector


When interest rates rise, life insurance customers withdraw their savings, which can trigger significant asset sales and price impact.
Policy- Featured in EIOPA's Financial Stability Report (2020), ESRB's "Enhancing the macroprudential dimension of Solvency II" (2020), Deutsche Bundesbank Financial Stability Review (2018) and (2021)- Presentations at ECB (2020), EIOPA (2022, 2018), Deutsche Bundesbank (2018)
Conference presentations: AEA-ARIA session (2021), SGF (2021), EGRIE (2021), ARIA (2021), German Insurance Science Association (2021), Paris December Finance Meeting (2020), Bundesbank-CFS-ECB Workshop on Macro and Finance (2018), IAALS Colloquium (2017)

Financial Literacy and Precautionary Insurance

with Annette Hofmann and Petra Steinorth


When prudent consumers are uncertain about the payoff of insurance contracts, they buy too much insurance.
Conference presentations: Risk Theory Society (2019), EGRIE (2018), German Insurance Science Association (2018)