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stress analysis, is to better integrate stress tests into the internal management of
nancial institutions.
8.3 Intermediate objectives and instruments
A large number of intermediate objectives and instruments have been proposed
to implement MaPs (8.3.1), but it is still too early to make a full assessment of
their eectiveness (8.3.2).
8.3.1 A plurality of intermediate objectives and instruments
In view of the broad objective of MaPs, it is useful to dene intermediate objec-
tives (8.3.1.1) and associated instruments (8.3.1.2).
8.3.1.1 Intermediate objectives
There are many intermediate objectives of MaPs in the literature. Houben etal.
(2012) establish a parallel between dierent intermediate objectives of the Eur ...