The level and quality of Value-at-Risk disclosure by commercial banks

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 362-377

  Pérignon, Christophe ^a   Smith, Daniel R ^b  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Market risk; Proprietary risk management; Value at Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449106060     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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