Do Banks Provision for Bad Loans in Good Times? Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications
Recent debate about the pro-cyclical effects of bank capital requirements, has ignored the important role that bank loan loss provisions play in the overall framework of minimum capital regulation. It is frequently observed that under-provisioning,...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1490107/banks-provision-bad-loans-good-times-empirical-evidence-policy-implications http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19607 |