Several studies have explored the linkage between non-performing loans and major macroeconomic indicators, using a wide variety of methodologies, sometimes with different results. This occurs, we argue, because these relationships are generally derived in terms of correlation coefficients...

This Appendix contains details on several technical points and additional empirical results. Sections in this Appendix are indexed by letters and formulas/tables/figures by a letter followed by a number (e.g. A.1). Sections and formulas/tables/figures of the paper are referenced by numbers. In...

Several models have been developed to capture the dynamics of the conditional correlations between time series of financial returns and several studies have shown that the market volatility is a major determinant of the correlations. We extend some models to include explicitly the dependence of...