Credit Cycles, Credit Risk and Countercyclical Loan Provisions

Número: 
788
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
E32, E51, E60, G18, G21
Palabras clave: 
Ex ante credit risk, credit cycles, countercyclical provisioning

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