Credit Risk Management: Basic Concepts Financial Risk Components, Rating Analysis, Models, Economic and Regulatory Capital

Credit Risk Management: Basic Concepts Financial Risk Components, Rating Analysis, Models, Economic and Regulatory Capital

Volumn 9780199545117, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-552

  Van Gestel, Tony ^a   Baesens, Bart ^b  

^a Dexia Group   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Banks; Basel II Capital Accord; Business impact; Credit industry; Financial institutions; Investments; Profitability competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919662779     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199545117.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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