Nonperforming Loans in the GCC Banking System and their Macroeconomic Effects /

According to a dynamic panel estimated over 1995 - 2008 on around 80 banks in the GCC region, the NPL ratio worsens as economic growth becomes lower and interest rates and risk aversion increase. Our model implies that the cumulative effect of macroeconomic shocks over a three year horizon is indeed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Espinoza, Raphael
Other Authors: Prasad, Ananthakrishnan
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/224
Online Access:Full text available on IMF