This paper studies the impact of financial sector size and leverage on the business cycle and risk-free rates dynamics …. We develop a general equilibrium model of a productive economy where financial intermediaries provide costly risk … cycle fluctuations, while providing households with a risk-free asset whose real return is pro-cyclical and possibly …

We propose a dynamic bank theory with a delayed loss recognition mechanism and a regulatory capital constraint at its … core. The estimated model matches four facts about banks’ Tobin’s Q that summarize bank leverage dynamics. (1) Book and … market equity values diverge, especially during crises; (2) Tobin’s Q predicts future bank profitability; (3) neither book …

-financials is essential to evaluate the risk emanating from an unhealthy banking sector and should be considered in new regulatory …

How does uncertainty affect the costs of raising finance in the bond market and via bank loans? Empirically, this paper … finds that heightened uncertainty is accompanied by an increase in corporate bond yields and a decrease in bank lending … risk of firm default …

, the equilibrium loan rate spread increases, which raises bank profitability and the market-to-book value of bank capital … model’s dynamic implications in a panel VAR estimation, which suggests that bank lending has even increased in the long …

emphasizes the need for harmonizing bank regulation and supervision. We study the impact of cross-border lending in a theoretical …, differences in bank regulations may have speeded up the cross-border lending. …

choose their portfolio risk, bank size, and capital holdings. Banks voluntarily hold equity when the buffer effect against … the risk of default outweighs the cost advantages of debt financing. In the optimum, banks with lower monitoring costs are … larger, choose riskier portfolios, and have less equity. Binding capital requirements or levies on bank borrowing are shown …

intergenerational inequality aversion and for risk aversion. If growth increases (reduces) intra-generational inequality, the SDR is …