Of Runes and Sagas : Perspectives on Liquidity Stress Testing Using an Iceland Example /

The global financial crisis revealed weaknesses in the stress testing exercises performed on financial institutions and systems around the world. These failures were most evident in the area of liquidity risk, where now-obvious vulnerabilities were left largely undetected, with stress tests having l...

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Hovedforfatter: Cihak, Martin
Andre forfattere: Ong, Li
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/156
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF
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