Extracting Leading Indicators of Bank Fragility from Market Prices - Estonia Focus

30 Pages Posted: 16 Feb 2006

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Yu-Fu Chen

University of Dundee - Department of Economic Studies

Michael Funke

University of Hamburg - Department of Economics; Tallinn University of Technology (TUT)

Kadri Männasoo

Bank of Estonia

Date Written: January 2006

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.

Keywords: banking, financial stability, bank fragility, options, Estonia

JEL Classification: E44, E58, G21

Suggested Citation

Chen, Yu-Fu and Funke, Michael and Männasoo, Kadri, Extracting Leading Indicators of Bank Fragility from Market Prices - Estonia Focus (January 2006). CESifo Working Paper No. 1647, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=884344 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.884344

Yu-Fu Chen

University of Dundee - Department of Economic Studies ( email )

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Michael Funke (Contact Author)

University of Hamburg - Department of Economics ( email )

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Tallinn University of Technology (TUT) ( email )

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Kadri Männasoo

Bank of Estonia ( email )

Estonia Building 13
15095 Tallinn
Estonia

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