This paper examines how Basel III capital reforms affected bank lending in Ger- many. We focus on the increase of …-based capital regulation significantly affected low capitalized banks. The impact depends on a bank's credit risk model, i ….e. whether a bank applies the standardized approach (SA) or an internal ratings-based approach (IRBA) to determine risk weights …

Using a unique and comprehensive data set on the two largest economies of the Eurozone - France and Germany - this … consistency of own funds requirements with the riskiness of SME. In both the French and the German sample, results suggest that … the relative differences between the capital requirements for large corporates and those for SME (in other words the …

What is the impact of a sudden and sizeable increase in bank capital requirements on the lending activity by directly … affected banks and by non-affected non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs)? To answer this question, we apply a difference … activities, in riskier and more competitive borrower segments, but NBFIs do not seem to rely on increased bank funding to finance …

ABS market, as for example per the European Central Bank's loan-level initiative, and most effectively by their …