enhance coverage ratios primarily by increasing loan loss reserves rather than by resolving NPLs. …

determinants of loan loss provision (LLP), which are classified as either discretionary (income smoothing, capital management …

determinants of loan loss provision (LLP), which are classified as either discretionary (income smoothing, capital management …

profitability owing to increased loan loss provisioning targets. However, over a longer time horizon, lower NPL ratios reduce …

- abrupt switches between high- and low-loss phases - from a risk-management perspective. As uncertainty about phase switches … increases, expected losses decouple from unexpected losses, which reflect a high percentile of the loss distribution. Banks that … ignore this decoupling have shortfalls of loss-absorbing resources, which is more detrimental if the portfolio is more …

This paper examines banks' disclosures and loss recognition in the financial crisis and identifies several core issues …' reporting incentives played a key role, which has important implications for bank supervision and the new expected loss model …

We investigate the relationship between the transparency of loan loss provision disclosures and the provisioning … mandatory disclosures of loan loss provisions. Using proprietary data provided by the national supervisor, we are able to … loss provisions to a lesser extent for income smoothing once they are required to disclose their accounting choice. At the …

The Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) framework represents a new approach for calculating the allowance for credit …, a key implementation element. Our analysis focuses on three major themes: defaults, balances, and credit loss. Our …

The Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) framework represents a new approach for calculating the allowance for credit …, a key implementation element. Our analysis focuses on three major themes: defaults, balances, and credit loss. Our …