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Oportunizm podmiotów i instytucji jako stymulator ryzyka systemowego
Opportunism of entities and institutions as a systemic risk stimulator

Author(s): Alina Szewc-Rogalska
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: opportunism; moral hazard; crisis of trust; systemic risk

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to analyze the interrelation between the opportunism of entities and institutions and the systemic risk growth. The applied research method involves, inter alia, the investigation of the essence and types of opportunism, the analysis of the credit risk transfer, the identification of the moral hazard and systemic risk stimulators. Moreover, ways to reduce opportunism and its negative follow-ups have been presented. It has been indicated that the moral hazard applied by major financial institutions leads to a crisis of trust. It translates into the growth of a systemic risk. The quality of the institutional environment needs to be enhanced. The mechanisms and instruments that should enforce bearing the consequences of their actions and limit excessively-risky behaviours are recommended.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1 (22)
  • Page Range: 91-100
  • Page Count: 10