Commercial banks across the world have been implementing the Basel III accord, which is the most important international response to the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Particularly, the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) introduced by the Basel III accord is the first global standard for banking...

In this paper, we have developed an agent-based Keynesian macro model that features a detailed representation of a banking system, besides households and firms, and in which fiscal, monetary and macroprudential policy regulators also operate. The banking system generates longer credit cycles on...

The Basel III Framework introduces a countercyclical capital buffer to reduce the procyclical-ity of the minimum capital requirements. The reference point for the decision to impose the buffer is based on the credit-to-GDP ratio. However, this guidance will exacerbate the prob-lem of...