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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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
1996.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 1996/012 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |