Banking Sector Fragility and Systemic Sources of Fragility /

A theoretical framework to assess the degree of fragility or, inversely, the soundness of the banking system is proposed. It is argued that, while a bank may be either solvent or insolvent at any given time, its degree of fragility must be a forward-looking measure based on the probability that it c...

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Autore principale: Gonzalez-Hermosillo, Brenda
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1996/012
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF