This book presents methods, data foundation,­ systems, and procedures, for the actual implementation of Basel II. The focus is exclusively on credit risk measurement under the IRB framework. Particularly, the book proposes to assist emerging market banks in delivering a suite of integrated...

This paper examines the role of currency and banking in the German financial crisis of 1931 for both Germany and the U.S. We specify a structural dynamic factor model to identify financial and monetary factors separately for each of the two economies. We find that monetary transmission through...

This book presents methods, data foundation,­ systems, and procedures, for the actual implementation of Basel II. The focus is exclusively on credit risk measurement under the IRB framework. Particularly, the book proposes to assist emerging market banks in delivering a suite of integrated...

We study the recent episode of bank failures and provide simple facts to better understand who acquires failed banks and which forces drive the losses that the FDIC realizes from these sales. We document three distinct forces related to the allocation of failed banks to potential acquirers....

We show that the allocation of failed banks in the Great Recession was likely distorted because potential acquirers of these banks were poorly capitalized. We illustrate this phenomenon within a model of auctions with budget constraints. In our model poor capitalization of some potential...

We study the recent episode of bank failures and provide simple facts to better understand who acquires failed banks and which forces drive the losses that the FDIC realizes from these sales. We document three distinct forces related to the allocation of failed banks to potential acquirers....