How severe are the EBA macroeconomic scenarios for the Italian Economy? A joint probability approach

Bonucchi, M. & Catalano, M. (2022). How severe are the EBA macroeconomic scenarios for the Italian Economy? A joint probability approach. Journal of International Money and Finance 129 e102735. 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2022.102735.

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Abstract

Measures of the severity of macroeconomic scenarios have been widely used in the literature, but a consistent methodology for their calculation has not been developed yet. Against this background, we provide a general method for calculating the joint probability of observing a macroeconomic scenario, which can be applied to various structural models. By doing so, we can attach probabilities to scenarios produced with multidimensional economic models to compare their severity and plausibility. We apply our methodology to the 2016 and 2018 EBA stress test scenarios and also provide reverse stress test applications. Our results show that for the Italian economy, the 2016 and 2018 EBA scenarios are unlikely, especially the 2016 one. The reverse stress tests allow us to identify the key variables that affect our probabilities.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Financial instability; Joint probability; Macroprudential; Multiple simultaneous equation models; Stress tests
Research Programs: Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)
Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) > Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)
Depositing User: Luke Kirwan
Date Deposited: 12 Sep 2022 08:01
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2022 09:56
URI: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/18213

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