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This paper proposes a new regulatory approach that implements capital requirements contingent on managerial compensation. We argue that excessive risk taking in the financial sector originates from the shareholder moral hazard created by government guarantees rather than from corporate...
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by curbing risk-taking incentives, the higher the leverage the bank is permitted to take on. Consequently, the risk …
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This paper deals with both system-wide and banks' internal stress tests. For system-wide stress tests it describes the evolution over time, compares the stress test design in major jurisdictions, and discusses academic research. System-wide stress tests have gained in importance and nowadays...
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debt and expand corporate bond issuance, thus increasing overall debt size and extending maturity. …
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debt financing when earnings prospects are poor. We term this 'leaning against the wind' and consider three possible … unrealistically optimistic earnings expectations by analysts and deteriorating real opportunities, will rely more heavily on debt …
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debt financing when earnings prospects are poor. We term this 'leaning against the wind' and consider three possible … unrealistically optimistic earnings expectations by analysts and deteriorating real opportunities, will rely more heavily on debt …
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reason. -- Liquidity ; Asymmetric Information ; Debt maturity …
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according to the hierarchical status of the respective market participant, and can therefore endanger sovereign debt …
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unweighted leverage requirements, their differential impact on bank lending, and equity buffer accumulation in excess of …. Tighter leverage requirements, on the other hand, increase lending, preserve bank charter value and incentives to accumulate …
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the risk of default outweighs the cost advantages of debt financing. In this setting, banks with lower monitoring costs …
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