This paper studies how banks simultaneously manage the two sides of their balance sheet and its implications for bank … risk taking and real economic activity. First, we analyze how changes in funding affect the supply of bank loans. We then …

Using the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Locational Banking Statistics data on bilateral bank claims from … 1995 to 2014, we analyze the impact of monetary policy on cross-border bank flows. We find that monetary policy in a source … country is an important determinant of cross-border bank flows. In addition, we find evidence in favor of a cross …

Countercyclical bank capital requirements have emerged as a popular regulatory tool to help smooth financial cycles …. The idea is to reduce capital requirements when exogenous shocks cause aggregate bank capital to decrease so that …-consistent capital regulation requires that bank capital is rebuilt gradually during financial crises. In particular, banks must be able …