First externalities risk due to the size of the companies or the principle that large companies are also at risk of bankruptcy (too big to fail) are examined. The problem is illustrated by a case in which extreme risks with negative consequences for savers and investors are taken. If we...

In view of recent corporate scandals, it is argued that corporate governance can learn from public governance. Institutions devised to control and discipline the behaviour of executives in the political sphere can give new insights into how to improve the governance of firms. Some proposal such...

The constitution of cyclical provisions is related to the effects of latent credit risk in the financial institutions, a risk that materializes during an economic downturn. This study proposes a method both to calculate the amount of cyclical provisions and to estimate the timing of this type of...

Drawing on the use of a very simple hypothetical example this document illustrates how to apply the formulae that determines the capital requirement for interest rate risk. The note starts with a brief explanation on the fundamentals that determine the formulae and the way cash flows are to be...

Drawing on the use of a very simple hypothetical example, this document illustrates how to apply the formula that determines the capital requirement for market risk. The note starts with a brief explanation of the value at risk(VaR) concept on which that formula is based and follows with a brief...

Se propone que el Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA), usando al Banco Nación como agente, provea una herramienta financiera a los productores agrícolas en la cual les ofrezca una tasa de interés comprensibles en términos físicos y relativos al valor de la producción...

Se propone que el Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA), usando al Banco Nación como agente, provea una herramienta financiera a los productores agrícolas en la cual les ofrezca una tasa de interés comprensibles en términos físicos y relativos al valor de la producción...

This work examines the links between the Caja Nacional de Ahorros (National Savings Bank) and other state-owned banks such as the Caja de Crédito Hipotecario (National Mortgage Bank) and the Caja de Crédito Agrario (Agricultural Credit Bank) between the end of the nineteenth-century and the...

This work examines the links between the Caja Nacional de Ahorros (National Savings Bank) and other state-owned banks such as the Caja de Crédito Hipotecario (National Mortgage Bank) and the Caja de Crédito Agrario (Agricultural Credit Bank) between the end of the nineteenth-century and the...

Annotated presentation made at the conference “Hacia una Mayor Competitividad e Integración de América Latina y el Caribe: la contribución de la banca de desarrollo”,on the occasion of the ALIDE Annual Meeting, Asunción, Paraguay, 19-20 May 2011. The paper describes first how regional...