Castellani, Simona; Pederzoli, Chiara; Torricelli, Costanza - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2008
The Basel II capital accord has fostered the debate over the financial stability of the aggregate banking sector. There is a large empirical literature focused on the effects of macroeconomic disturbances on the banking system. Specifically, loan losses are an important factor for the banking...