Estimating Default Frequencies and Macrofinancial Linkages in the Mexican Banking Sector /

The credit risk measures we develop in this paper are used to investigate macrofinancial linkages in the Mexican banking system. Domestic and external macro-financial variables are found to be closely associated with banking soundness. At the aggregate level, high external volatility and domestic in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Souto, Marcos
Other Authors: Blavy, Rodolphe
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/109
Online Access:Full text available on IMF