Dermine, J.; Neto de Carvalho, C. - In: Journal of Financial Stability 4 (2008) 1, pp. 1-22
A fair level of provisions on bad and doubtful loans is an essential input in mark-to-market accounting, and in the calculation of bank profitability, capital and solvency. Loan-loss provisioning is directly related to estimates of loan-loss given default (LGD). A literature on LGD on bank loans...