This paper assesses the merits of countercyclical bank balance sheet regulation for the stabilization of financial and … equilibrium model with banks and bank capital, in which bank capital solves an asymmetric information problem between banks and …, though banks do not internalize this impact. Regulation, in the form of a constraint on bank leverage, can mitigate the …

One way of internalizing the externalities that each individual bank imposes on the rest of the financial system is to … information on interbank exposures. A relatively small bank playing an outsized role in the interbank market might be more … systemic, and thus garner a higher capital surcharge, than a less-connected bank of somewhat larger size. Alternatively, if the …

, economies whose banking sectors remain well-capitalized experience smaller reductions in bank lending and less pronounced … downturns. Bank capital thus increases an economy's ability to absorb shocks and, in doing so, affects the conduct of monetary … policy. The model is also used to shed light on the ongoing debate over bank capital regulation. …

relationship between banks and their depositors. As a result, bank capital and entrepreneurial net worth jointly determine … friction that banks face is reduced or eliminated. After documenting that the bank capital-asset ratio is countercyclical in …

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, there is interest in reforming bank regulation such that capital requirements … are more closely linked to a bank's contribution to the overall risk of the financial system. In our paper we compare … capital levels and are not related in a simple way to bank size or individual bank default probability. Systemic capital …