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Toward Determining Systemic Importance

June 30, 2012
By: William Kinlaw, Mark Kritzman, David Turkington, State Street Associates

By William Kinlaw, Mark Kritzman, and David Turkington

Published in the Journal of Portfolio Management, Summer 2012

We extend the absorption ratio methodology to determine the systemic importance of a particular entity.

Author Bios
William Kinlaw
William Kinlaw is Executive Vice President and Head of Data Intelligence at State Street Markets
Mark Kritzman
Mark Kritzman is a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management and a founding partner of State Street Associates
David Turkington
David Turkington is Senior Managing Director and Head of State Street Associates at State Street Markets
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