Can statistics-based early warning systems detect problem banks before markets?

Randall K. Kimmel, John Thornton and Sara E. Bennett

The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2016, vol. 37, issue C, 190-216

Abstract: Statistical early warning systems (EWS) to identify problematic banks have grown in sophistication, complexity, and accuracy, but can they inform markets? We utilize five “archetypical” EWS using a unique dataset which accumulates data from 1986 through 2009. An arbitrage portfolio is formed by shorting problematic banks and going long the remaining banks. We find accumulating data allows the models to function during long periods with few or no bank failures and that the factors used are stable. While all models studied do a good job predicting bank failure, we find that EWS are unable to inform markets.

Keywords: Bank failure prediction models; Market efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2016.04.004

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