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Extracting Leading Indicators of Bank Fragility from Market Prices - Estonia FocusYu-Fu ChenUniversity of Dundee - Department of Economic Studies Michael FunkeUniversity of Hamburg - Department of Economics and Business Administration; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) Kadri MännasooBank of Estonia January 2006 CESifo Working Paper No. 1647 Abstract: Banking reform has proved to be one of the most problematic elements of economic transition in central and Eastern Europe. Therefore the paper considers the development of the Estonian banking sector and derives individual banks' fragility scores during transition. To this end we use option-based tools and equity prices to estimate distance-to-default measures of banks' distress probabilities. Overall, the results suggest that market indicators are moderately useful for anticipating future financial distress and rating changes in transition economies. The implication for an effective supervisory framework is to use a plurality of risk scores when assessing bank vulnerability.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 30 Keywords: banking, financial stability, bank fragility, options, Estonia JEL Classification: E44, E58, G21 working papers seriesDate posted: February 16, 2006Suggested CitationContact Information
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