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Bank failure risk: Different now?

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Motivated by the debate over similarities between the current and previous financial crises, logit estimates reveal significantly changed linkages between observable financial ratios and probabilities of subsequent bank failure using US data from the 1980s and 2008.

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  • Shaffer, Sherrill, 2012. "Bank failure risk: Different now?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 116(3), pages 613-616.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:116:y:2012:i:3:p:613-616
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.06.016
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    Bank failure; Regime shift; Crisis;
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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