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An Option-Based Approach to Bank Vulnerabilities in Emerging Markets

By Arnaud Jobert, Janet Kong, Jorge A Chan-Lau

February 1, 2004

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Arnaud Jobert, Janet Kong, and Jorge A Chan-Lau. An Option-Based Approach to Bank Vulnerabilities in Emerging Markets, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2004) accessed November 23, 2024
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Summary

We measure bank vulnerability in emerging markets using the distance-to-default, a risk-neutral indicator based on Merton's (1974) structural model of credit risk. The indicator is estimated using equity prices and balance-sheet data for 38 banks in 14 emerging market countries. Results show it can predict a bank's credit deterioration up to nine months in advance. The distance-to-default, hence, may prove useful for bank monitoring purposes.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Asset valuation, Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Money, Stocks

Keywords: Annual balance sheet data, Asset valuation, Asset volatility, Banco de Bogota, Bank, Bank distress, Bank vulnerability, Banks, Banks Used, Commercial banks, Credit, Distance-to-default, Distress event, Downgraded bank, East Asia, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Emerging markets, Stocks, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    22

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2004/033

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0332004

  • ISBN:

    9781451845211

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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