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Bank insolvency risk and aggregate Z-score measures: a caveat

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  • Frank Strobel

    (University of Birmingham)

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We demonstrate that a popular approach to constructing (weighted) mean-based aggregate bank insolvency risk measures is inherently biased; we also suggest an alternative approach that avoids this problem.

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  • Frank Strobel, 2010. "Bank insolvency risk and aggregate Z-score measures: a caveat," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 30(4), pages 2576-2578.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-10-00540
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    1. Asli Demirgüç-Kunt & Ms. Enrica Detragiache, 2010. "Basel Core Principles and Bank Risk: Does Compliance Matter?," IMF Working Papers 2010/081, International Monetary Fund.
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    Keywords

    insolvency risk; aggregate Z-score; Jensen's inequality;
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    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services

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