Procyclicality in tradeable credit risk: Consequences for South Africa

Background: Tradeable credit assets are vulnerable to two varieties of credit risk: default risk (which manifests itself as a binary outcome) and spread risk (which arises as spreads change continuously). Current (2017) regulatory credit risk rules require banks to hold capital for both these risks....

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Main Authors: Dirk Visser, Gary W. van Vuuren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2018-05-01
Series:South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
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Online Access:https://sajems.org/index.php/sajems/article/view/1706