A New Index of Currency Mismatch and Systemic Risk /

This paper constructs a new measure of currency mismatch in the banking sector that controls for bank lending to unhedged borrowers. This measure explicitly takes into account the indirect exchange rate risk that banks undertake when they lend to borrowers that will not be able to repay in the event...

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Autor principal: Ranciere, Romain
Otros Autores: Tornell, Aaron, Vamvakidis, Athanasios
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/263
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF