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Francisco Javier Mencía

Staff economist
Banking Analysis and Regulatory Policy Division
Financial Stability Department
DG Banking Regulation

Contact Information

  • Address: Calle Alcalá 48, 28014 Madrid, España
  • e-mail:

Fields of Interest

  • Financial Econometrics
  • Credit risk

JEL Codes

  • No JEL Codes specified.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications and Working Papers

  • “Valuation of VIX derivatives”
    Javier Mencía and Enrique Sentana (2012)
    Journal of Financial Economics - (forthcoming)
  • “Testing non-linear dependence in the Hedge fund industry”
    Javier Mencía (Summer 2012)
    Journal of Financial Econometrics - 10 (3), pp. 545-587
  • “Assessing the risk-return trade-off in a loan portfolios”
    Javier Mencía (2012-06)
    Journal of Banking and Finance - 36 (6), pp. 1665-1677
  • “Distributional tests in multivariate dynamic models with Normal and Student t innovations”
    Javier Mencía and Enrique Sentana (2012) (2012-02)
    Review of Economics and Statistics - 94 (1), pp. 133-152
  • “A systematic approach to multi-period stress testing of portfolio credit risk”
    Javier Mencía, T. Breuer, M. Jandacka and M. Summer (2012) (2012-02)
    Journal of Banking and Finance - 36 (2), pp. 332-340
  • “Multivariate location-scale mixtures of normals and mean-variance-skewness portfolio allocation”
    Javier Mencía and Enrique Sentana (2009-12)
    Journal of Econometrics - 153 (2), pp. 105-121.
    JEL codes: C52, C32, G11
  • “Parametric properties of semi-nonparametric distributions, with applications to option valuation”
    Ángel León, Francisco Javier Mencía, and Enrique Sentana (2009-04)
    Journal of Business and Economic Statistics - 27 (2), pp. 176-192.
  • “Modelling the distribution of credit losses with observable and latent factors”
    Gabriel Jiménez Zambrano, Javier Mencía (2009-03)
    Journal of Empiriral Finance - 16 (2), pp. 235-253
    JEL codes: G21, E32, E37

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