Discussion Questions of Stress Testing in the Modern Bank Practice

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Keywords
banks, risk management, stress testing

Summary
The present article provides critical analysis of the existing practice for carrying out of stress-test in the banking sector in the country and abroad. It provides good grounds for accentuating on a number of unsolved or discussion issues, concerning: significance of the stress-tests; scope and periodicity of their implementation; identification of the specific risks, with potential negative effects; scenario modelling with specifying key risk parameters (factors), subject of shocking changes; performance of comparative analysis of the methods for implementing stress-tests and outlining of their advantages and disadvantages; specifics of implementation of the so-called „reverse" stress-tests, etc.

JEL: G21
Pages: 22
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